Elizabeth Pochoda is only the fifth editor since ANTIQUES was founded in 1922. As a longtime magazine professional, most recently as Executive Editor of House & Garden, Ms. Pochoda has a keen interest in fine art, antiques, and design, and holds a PhD in medieval and Renaissance literature from the University of Pennsylvania. As editor of ANTIQUES she has safeguarded its tradition while adding articles meant to attract new readers and collectors to the field. In addition to introducing new departments with a market focus, such as The New Collector and Dealer Profiles, Ms. Pochoda has overseen the transformation of The Magazine ANTIQUES' refreshed design and revitalized editorial coverage.

Robert Leath is vice-president of collections and research at Old Salem Museums and Gardens in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He oversees the collections and research initiatives of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), the Old Salem Toy Museum, and the Historic Town of Salem. He also serves as an adviser on historic furnishings for James Madison’s Montpelier and Stratford Hall Plantations.

Previously, Leath was curator of historic interiors at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, where he created furnishings plans for 14 historic sites; curator of collections and restoration for George Washington’s Fredericksburg Foundation, where he planned the restoration of Kenmore, the home of Washington’s sister; and assistant curator for the Historic Charleston Foundation, where he coordinated the restoration of the Nathaniel Russell House.

A native of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Leath studied at Guilford College and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In 1991 he attended the MESDA Summer Institute on Early Southern Decorative Arts, and later the Attingham Summer School on the British Country House.

Leath is the author of several articles on Charleston furniture, published in the journal American Furniture. His work has also appeared in American Ceramics Circle Journal and The Magazine ANTIQUES, and he gives lectures on decorative-arts topics throughout the country.