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Aesthetic

Ebonized Wall Cabinet

April 6, 2010

This antique wall cabinet is in the same shop about 15 feet away from the Kimbel & Cabus cabinet profiled in the prior post, so I thought that I would pass on the fact that it is also available for sale. These cabinets are fairly popular with collectors and can be affordably acquired when you [...]

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Modern Gothic or Eastlake/Aesthetic or Both?

May 15, 2009

Bob Courtney Auctions is selling this 3-piece bedroom set on Ebay at the moment and the sale will be ending today. The have listed it as an “Eastlake Aesthetic Movement” set and I’ve been mulling over this categorization and haven’t yet come to grips as to whether it falls cleanly into that genre or if [...]

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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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8 Foot Modern Gothic Dresser

April 12, 2008

The darkened pictures on this listing belie the quality of this very large Modern Gothic dresser. I doctored up this picture (lightened it) so as to give you a better grasp of the quality of this piece. Clicking on the image above will provide a larger image with greater detail. Clicking on the image again [...]

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Neo-Grec Pedestal at Dargate

March 5, 2008

Things seem a bit calm and quiet in the Victorian Furniture world right now. Maybe it is due to the recently flurry of good auctions and people are catching their breath. Could just be me feeling guilty after a recent antiquing binge. I attended another antique show (Chester County Historical Society), paid my $15, and [...]

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