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RJHorner.com Relaunched

September 6, 2008

I’ve redesigned and relaunched RJHorner.com and to celebrate, I’ve made the complete 1888 Horner catalog (actually more of a pamphlet) available online at the site.  The drawing above is taken from the back cover.  Details are here.

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19th Century Victorian Furniture in … Sweden

September 4, 2008

No this isn’t the predecessor to Ikea, but it is an interesting look into furniture designs in areas of the world other than the France, Italy, U.S., and U.K. that we’re used to.  This is an original catalog of furniture from Sweden in the late 1800s depicting furniture in a variety of styles of the [...]

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Original Manufacturer Catalog Section Open!

July 6, 2008

I’ve christened a new section of Rare Victorian that will house Adobe Acrobat versions of original manufacturer catalogs that I have collected. Right now there is only one – The Dawley Furniture Company from 1897 – but hopefully there will be more coming soon.  You can access it from the Reference section on the [...]

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Original Manufacturer Catalogs

July 6, 2008

Click on a catalog to view full-screen.  Hover your mouse over the right side to navigate via the arrows.  Hover your mouse over the top of the screen for more controls and to exit.
Scans are captured by the uniquely designed Book-edge scanner by plustek, the Opticbook 3600
Furniture Catalogs
James W. Cooper – Philadelphia – Sketches of [...]

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R. J. Horner Original Catalog ca. 1888

March 31, 2008

Those of you who enjoyed seeing the Ornamental Wood Company catalog may be interested in reading about the R.J. Horner catalog I just acquired over on the Horner blog.

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Ornamental Wood Catalog Update

March 26, 2008

Many of you have expressed interest in seeing more pages of the catalog for the Ornamental Wood Company and I’m investigating ways to do this. I would not only like to provide this catalog, but others as well over time, so rather than find a quick solution, I’m trying to decide upon the best [...]

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1874 Ornamental Wood Company Catalog

March 24, 2008

Well, I’ve been looking for something like this for quite some time. These are excepts from a 43 page catalog exclusively detailing ornamental wood pieces that furniture makers could purchase to incorporate into their furniture. This catalog is from 1874 for Ornamental Wood Company of Bridgeport, Conn. They are certainly [...]

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