From the monthly archives:

April 2008

Neo-Grec Pedestal Trifecta

April 29, 2008

If you remember the Dargate sale of one of these pedestals in March, you may remember that it went for $2,500. I’m surprised the seller hasn’t broken this trio up to maximize the revenue, but thankfully we have a set here. I don’t expect to see $7,500 out of them for the same [...]

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Neo-Grec Ebonized and Inlaid Music Cabinet

April 29, 2008

For those of you who were wondering where the music stand went that I last profiled – it disappeared from Ebay and the auction house’s website just prior to the sale and I don’t know what happened. If you were all set to bid on it and were left empty-handed, here’s your chance to [...]

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Computer Testing Of Fabric Colors Before You Reupholster

April 28, 2008

To respond to Woodright’s comments on a recent post I tested out my theory that computer software for simulation of room colors could be applied to testing colors on furniture before upholstering. I used a tool I purchased in 2004 from Benjamin Moore, by ei Software to mock up the sofa that is being [...]

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19th Century Oriental Ebonized Gong Stand

April 27, 2008

I’m sitting here looking at Oak Creek in Talbot County, MD, having just watched 8 swans fly overhead. In a matter of weeks the famous Maryland Blue Crabs will be running and this area is famous for them in abundance and in massive size. If you’ve ever bought blue crabs at your local [...]

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Sometimes You Need To Imagine The End Result

April 24, 2008

I love it when labels are still intact on antique furniture and in this case, thanks to the Flomaton sale, Rare Victorian readers can now firmly identify this parlor set as being by Karpen Brothers Furniture when they encounter it in the future. Other sets like this have been attributed to R.J. Horner countless [...]

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I Was Kidding …

April 24, 2008

Just a quick post to make sure everyone knew I was kidding on this post about the Quervelle-attributed sofa. I tried to lather it on thick so that it was hopefully obvious that I loved the sofa and was trying to farcically “discourage” any competition from bidding:

“special” 40% buyers premium
located in Siberia
cardboard facades
1960s reproduction
bidding [...]

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Egyptian Revival Parcel-Ebonized Rosewood Chair

April 22, 2008

You know I’ve been reading too many auction listings when fancy-schmancy decorative arts nomenclature like “parcel”, meaning partial, ends up in my blog post title. I can’t believe it popped into my head. Anyhow, in case there are some Egyptian Revival fans out there, I thought I’d mention this chair coming up for [...]

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