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Don’t Forget Canadian Cabinetmakers

March 25, 2010
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Book Review: “Jacques & Hay 19th Century Toronto Furniture Makers” by Ruth Cathcart Jacques & Hay is a name that pops up frequently in the Victorian-era furniture world within Canada.  It reminds me of how the Jelliff, Belter, and Herter names always pop up here in the U.S.  When attributing furniture we find here in [...]

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Book Review: Winterthur Portfolio 10

January 19, 2010

Published in 1975 by the University Press of Virginia for The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, this book holds some valuable reference material for Victorian furniture fans. I personally purchased it for the multitude of Phoenix Furniture Co. photos such as the one above that provide a reference for the furniture that they made [...]

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For The Record: Bardwell, Anderson & Co., Boston, MA

March 28, 2009

I was perusing one of my oft-used Victorian furniture books, Furniture Made In America, 1875-1905, and ran into a table that I knew that I had seen before.  My recollection is that Meg and Bruce Cummings had one in their catalog and lo and behold, I found one there for sale.  Meg and Bruce run [...]

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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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Book Review: Rococo – The Continuing Curve, 1730-2008

July 30, 2008

I picked up a copy of Rococo The Continuing Curve and thought I’d pass on some thoughts about it, which you should realize come from the mind of an antique furniture collector who only dabbles very slightly (currently) in other items of decorative art.  You’ll understand why I mention that in a minute. The table [...]

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