From the monthly archives:

June 2008

1901 Robert Mitchell Furniture Co. Ad

June 24, 2008

An ad from 1901 for Robert Mitchell Furniture Co. showing the Roman chair like mine.

Robert Mitchell Furniture Co. Roman Arm Chair – 1904

June 23, 2008

I purchased a chair a year or so ago at a local auction to go along with my Horner hall chairs. I had previously seen this chair attributed to R.J. Horner and, considering the griffin carvings, I never thought twice about that attribution (like I now instinctively do with everything). It turns out [...]

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A Real Rare Victorian Mystery – Part III

June 22, 2008

Make sure you’ve read Part I and Part II before proceeding
The Two Makers Theory
On Friday, I was coming to a conclusion different than where I am today – that a strong possibility existed that Kathie’s chair was made by the Hammitt Desk, Co. who produced 131 of the chairs.
An excerpt from “The History of the [...]

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A Real Rare Victorian Mystery – Part II

June 20, 2008

Where we left off yesterday in Part I of this story was that I was noticing some differences between Kathie’s chair and those that had previously sold at auction. The most prominent difference for me were the shield carvings. Kathie’s chair on top didn’t seem to have as deep a carving profile. [...]

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Rosewood “Collectors Cabinet” Label

June 20, 2008

Grand View Antiques & Auction is selling a cabinet on June 21st that they are describing as a Rosewood Collectors Cabinet and are saying that it is a New York piece. Maybe an eagle-eye Rare Victorian reader can interpolate the remnants of the original label above (click on it to enlarge) and identify the [...]

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A Real Rare Victorian Mystery

June 19, 2008

I get emails from site visitors all the time with items to show me and I enjoy reading the messages and looking at the images that they forward to me. I never tire of Victorian antique eye-candy. This particular message I received was very different however, as it has spawned a mystery that [...]

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Survey: Please Help Me Make Rare Victorian The Best It Can Be

June 18, 2008

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