From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Signed Gothic Revival Desk by Elijah Galusha

November 29, 2009

We’ve seen plenty of Rococo Revival furniture from Elijah Galusha and now I have photos of photos (so please excuse quality) from 1979 and the accompanying excerpt from a letter that Renssalaer County Historical Society received along with them.  The third photo shows a stencil, “E.G. Troy 1843″.
I recently purchased a signed and dated 1843 [...]

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Parlor Chairs By Charles Baudouine

November 26, 2009

Ignoring the Galusha table for the moment, a pair of Rosewood chairs purchased from Charles Baudouine in 1849 still remain at 59 Second Street in Troy, NY, at the Rensselaer County Historical Society.  Originally a 6-piece set, a photo of one of the sofas with a pair of the chairs is shown in the book [...]

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Rococo Mirror and Window Drapery Cornices By Elijah Galusha

November 25, 2009

All of the furniture that I have presented and will present in this series by Elijah Galusha are original to 59 Second Street in Troy, NY; the current home of Rensselaer Historical Society.
The images below present a Rococo mirror and it’s matching drapery cornices supplied by Galusha in 1851. He not only made [...]

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Elijah Galusha Fireplace Screen Detail

November 23, 2009

I have much more to come, but here is the next installment of Elijah Galusha furniture photographs.  This Galusha fireplace screen has been seen elsewhere in documentation of his work, but I wanted to capture more of the carving detail with these photographs.  The trim around the edge of the firescreen is not a ripple/wave [...]

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Elijah Galusha Sofa Detail

November 22, 2009

I took some photographs of what is probably the most well-known Elijah Galusha sofas in existence.  The sofa resides (with it’s twin) at the the Rensselaer County Historical Society, Troy, NY.  I tried to capture closeups of the details so that we can have a reference of Galsha’s carving conventions.
The last image is what may [...]

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Deluge Of Galusha Information Coming

November 20, 2009

I have good and bad news to share with you. First, the bad news is that I’ve been traveling and haven’t had time to profile all the great auction items coming up for sale TOMORROW, November 21st.
Kamelot Auction House in Philadelphia, Neal Auction in New Orleans, and Fontaine’s in Pittsfield, Mass. are all having [...]

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Antique Attributions Murky Part II

November 18, 2009

I think an equally important problem with making attributions is that we, on the whole, have long forgotten many fine makers from the Victorian era, probably numbering in the thousands – America alone, let alone globally. With an absence of labels, tags or stamps, we have nothing to remember them by except for old, [...]

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