Comments on: Kirkwood Mansion Sale In Eutaw, Alabama http://rarevictorian.com/2009/09/kirkwood-mansion-sale-in-eutaw-alabama.html The definitive Victorian antique furniture destination Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:41:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: zeke http://rarevictorian.com/2009/09/kirkwood-mansion-sale-in-eutaw-alabama.html/comment-page-1#comment-2488 zeke Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:16:00 +0000 http://rarevictorian.com/?p=3146#comment-2488 Great post Mario. I was thinking along the same lines as what you wrote. I’m curious about the detail right above the candle shelves. It’s circular with 3 wooden balls on it. Was this a characteristic of Brooks furniture? It seems to be the same as I have on a walnut Lockside chest. http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j285/zekenstein/IMG_2337.jpg Great post Mario.

I was thinking along the same lines as what you wrote.

I’m curious about the detail right above the candle shelves. It’s circular with 3 wooden balls on it. Was this a characteristic of Brooks furniture? It seems to be the same as I have on a walnut Lockside chest.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j285/zekenstein/IMG_2337.jpg

]]> By: Mario http://rarevictorian.com/2009/09/kirkwood-mansion-sale-in-eutaw-alabama.html/comment-page-1#comment-2476 Mario Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:11:47 +0000 http://rarevictorian.com/?p=3146#comment-2476 It should be noted that laminated pieces attributed to Meeks are done so through a tenous association through Dexter Hawkins and his wife's Theresa Meeks' wedding furniture; as you correctly cite in another posting on this site. In fact, there are several laminated etageres in this same family of thickly-laminated furniture that are known and have the brand of Thomas Brooks of 127 Fulton St in Brooklyn (see New Orleans Auction Company May 21, 2005 Sale 0503, lot 870). This should serve as a caution to ascribe authorship to certain cabinetmakers without a period brand/label, such as the thickly-laminated window bench which appears in this auction. Insofar as the Kirkwood II Auction, Mr. and Mrs. Blanton have a large and varied collection which spans the early 19th-Century and mid-19th Century. It should provide collectors with fertile opportunities to enlarge their collections. It should be noted that laminated pieces attributed to Meeks are done so through a tenous association through Dexter Hawkins and his wife’s Theresa Meeks’ wedding furniture; as you correctly cite in another posting on this site. In fact, there are several laminated etageres in this same family of thickly-laminated furniture that are known and have the brand of Thomas Brooks of 127 Fulton St in Brooklyn (see New Orleans Auction Company May 21, 2005 Sale 0503, lot 870).

This should serve as a caution to ascribe authorship to certain
cabinetmakers without a period brand/label, such as the thickly-laminated window bench which appears in this auction.

Insofar as the Kirkwood II Auction, Mr. and Mrs. Blanton have a large and varied collection which spans the early 19th-Century and mid-19th Century. It should provide collectors with fertile opportunities to enlarge their collections.

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