From the monthly archives:

December 2008

Victorian Transitional Sidechair – Gothic Revival Meets Rococo Revival

December 30, 2008

Sometimes in the Victorian era of furniture making, you can see the confluence of two styles in one piece simultaneously as you can see with this sidechair to the right. Both Gothic Revival (spires, arches, crockets) and Rococo Revival (serpentine & foliate seat, cabriole legs) are represented at the same time.
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Caille Eclipse Upright Antique Slot Machine

December 28, 2008

What I wouldn’t give to have one of these babies sitting amongst my Victorian antiques in the parlor.  I’m in the process of selling my ca. 1999 pool table whose removal will open a new swath of floor real estate for Victorian antiques!
If I wanted this antique slot machine to take some of that space, [...]

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20 Foot Clawfoot Table

December 27, 2008

I thought that you might be interested in seeing a 20 foot clawfoot table that I captured from my camera phone in the Fry’s electronics store in Los Angeles.  The original marble top has been replaced with a modern glass surface and it appears to have been refinished.

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Mitchell & Rammelsberg Music/Map Rack

December 24, 2008

A quick mention that there is just a day left on a music/map rack on Ebay that bears the original Mitchell & Rammelsberg stencil.  It’s not often that you find these with their original maker names on them, let alone M&R.  As I’ve stated in the past, these are great for storing magazines and books [...]

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Victorian Antique Furniture Books For The Holidays

December 21, 2008

If you need a relatively inexpensive gift for the holidays for a Victorian collector, the Victorian Antique book page is a good source for some ideas.  Most of the links on the page are to Amazon.com which is a very efficient operation that is able to get books out the door and to your doorstep [...]

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New York Neo-Classical Ebonized Cabinet

December 21, 2008

If I wasn’t in cash-conserving home-rebuild mode I’d possibly snap up this excellent 1860s Neo-classical (Neo-Grec) cabinet. One can never have too many of these space-hogging extravagances. They cost even more than the initial purchase since the top-center raised surface requires one to go out and acquire a suitable vase or bronze to complete [...]

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Antique Marble and Stone Identification

December 21, 2008

I’ve created an antique marble/stone reference below to provide us with a little more information on what types of stone and marble went into the furniture of the Victorian era.  I’ve started this “reference” with images from my collection and invite you to take pictures of yours and send them to me to be added.
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