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Museum

Exhibit: Suffolk County’s Role In The Civil War

September 24, 2009

Victorian furniture fans will be interested in an exhibit on display through November 14th March 2010 at the Suffolk county Historical Society.  This exhibit is focuses on the experiences of Long Island residents in the Civil War as well as some larger themes of the War.  Joan Bogart has helped by co-curating the Victorian parlor [...]

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S. Karpen & Bros. Furniture Exhibition – Russell Senate Office Building

March 22, 2009

Emily Rose, a Karpen descendent and author, tipped me off that there is a special exhibition going on featuring furniture from the S. Karpen & Bros. furniture manufacturing company at the  Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.  The exhibition will continue through September 5th, 2009.
Apparently, a fair amount of this furniture trickled out in [...]

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The Robinson Crusoe Sideboard

September 30, 2008

I just received my copy of the December 2008 Victorian Homes magazine (yikes, Christmas trees already) and within the “Antiques” column was this extravagant piece of Victorian furniture, the 12 foot Robinson Crusoe sideboard, which was highly praised at the 1862 London Exhibition.  It is currently being offered for sale by M.S. Rau Antiques.
It was [...]

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Herter Brothers Eye Candy

August 8, 2008

I thought I’d share two photos of Herter Brothers pieces from my recent Philadelphia Museum of Art trip. You’ll have to excuse the photography as it was with a camera that was foreign to me and since the Herters’ pieces were behind glass, I think it created some challenges for the auto-focus.
The first photo [...]

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Thomas Brooks Attribution Response From Philadelphia Museum of Art

August 8, 2008

I heard from Jennifer Zwilling at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on the Thomas Brooks attribution basis for this sofa I recently posted about.  I thank Jennifer for taking the time to respond and to do so with the amount detail that she did.
I have not yet followed up on the information that she provides, [...]

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Allen and Brother Egyptian Revival Marble Top Table

August 6, 2008

This Egyptian Revival parlor table constructed by Allen and Brother is an impressive one.  A table like this is shown in the May 1996 issue of Magazine Antiques and I wouldn’t be surprised to know that the table’s owner at the time, Judith Hollander, had subsequently donated it to the Philadelphia Museum of Art where [...]

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Charles-Guillaume Diehl – It Does Not Get Much Better

August 5, 2008

Another stop on my Philadelphia Museum of Art visit, this Neo-Grec jewelry cabinet was considered a “masterpiece” at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1867.  This cabinet is still a show-stopper today and was manufactured by Charles-Guillaume Diehl. The cabinet has a hidden release mechanism that opens the door and top.  Construction includes dyed inlaid woods [...]

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