One interesting thing that will likely “disappear” from the intertubes before I have a chance to reference it is this photograph of Schastey’s business establishment in NYC: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220293714149 or http://tinyurl.com/6r22kz; per an 1890 NYC city directory:
‘Schastey George A. & Co. cabinetmkrs. 1683 B’way & 228 W. 53d, & storage, 1681 B’way’.

Schastey & Co sold the building at Broadway and 53rd around 1890, after which they occupied rented space, first at 489 Fifth Avenue, in a building owned by Pottier and Stymus (for whom Schastey worked prior to opening his own shop in 1873), who sued Schastey and Co for unpaid rent in 1892), and then at 506-508 West 41st Street, which was owned by Cabus and Sons (successors to Kimbel and Cabus). The latter building burned down in October 1893, just a few months after Schastey moved in. The company (now George A. Schastey and Sons) was at 428 5th Avenue, with a factory at 49-51 West 66th Street in 1896, when they filed for bankruptcy.

and

John A. Hatt and George A. Schastey. Schastey advertised that he pro-. duced “fine furniture, architectural wood work, interior decorations, … http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120183043/abstract

and

Burling & Whitehouse, in collaboration with interior designers including Chicago’s William August Fiedler and New York’s George A. Schastey, specified staircases, fireplaces, paneling and ceilings carved from onyx, alabaster…http://www.traditional-building.com/Previous-Issues-08/OctoberProject08Driehaus.html

and

http://www.observer.com/2008/city-museum-disposes-rockefeller-rooms

etc.. Not particulary a goldmine and I apologize if you saw these already.

I think my next one will be A. Lejambre. Although he’s not necessarily “lost” in history completely, I know of few people who could spot Lejambre attributes on a piece, myself included.

There are so many furniture makers from this era that are relatively unknown. A huge part of this website is devoted to broadening our knowledge of Victorian furniture. Bravo for this post and i hope everyone here will chime in on lesser, but no less important furniture makers from the 19th century.

I googled Fellows and all i could come up with is, he worked as a journeyman cabinetmaker in the Kimball & Sargent shop during the 1830s in Salem.
http://www.jstor.org/pss/1594149

Yeah, i agree with MLB, for the record is a good idea, non famous furniture makers made some really great stuff and it’s normally alot more affordable.