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Victorian Brass/Bronze Hardware

May 10, 2009

If you are a fan of Victorian brass & bronze door hardware, there is a recent post in the Victorian forum that has extensive images of ornate hardware collections from “stever”.
Steve has photos of hardware manufactured by companies such as Norwalk Lock, Co., P & F Corbin, Mallory & Wheeler, Russell & Erwin, Trenton, Branford, [...]

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Neo-Grec Herter Brothers or Pottier & Stymus Chairs

September 18, 2008

I don’t run across fine Neo-Grec, ebonized, Rosewood chairs like these too often. Each chair has a bronze plaque in the back splat, one of a male figure and the other of a female. There is ample ormolu throughout the chair and if I were the current owner, I would try to examine the back [...]

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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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