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Herter Brothers Ebonized Fall-Front Desk

November 10, 2008

Sloans & Kenyon out of Chevy Chase, MD will be putting the ebonized Herter Brothers desk to the right up for sale on November 16th. The back is stamped with the “Herter Bro’s” moniker, so you can be assured that this is the real deal.
The front of the desk is inlaid with “grapevines, stylized chrysanthemums [...]

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Allen and Brother Winged Griffin Desk

September 24, 2008

This desk is being attributed to the shop of Allen and Brother of Philadelphia and being dated to around 1875. I happen to have seen this desk in person – it sat in Adamstown, PA for a number of months and I drooled over the carved griffins on the base, but I couldn’t part with [...]

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Fine Aesthetic Movement Side Chair

September 2, 2008

I’m a big fan of all styles and eras of Victorian furniture and my interests even leak into the immediately preceding and following eras.
Not wanting this site to be all about Renaissance Revival and Rococo, I’m always on the lookout for nice pieces in any Victorian style. It’s just that there are more examples of [...]

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Pottier & Stymus or Herter Brothers Desk?

October 18, 2007

Stevens Auction is getting set for an auction on November 3rd that includes many items that Rare Victorian followers would be interested in considering. I ran across this desk (lot 1302) attributed to Pottier and Stymus and noticed some similarities between this desk’s form and the Herter Brothers desk that BJ Laughlin of B [...]

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Modern Gothic Kimbel & Cabus Desk c.1870

February 24, 2007

My (Victorian Era) antique collection includes a mishmash of Rococo, Renaissance, Aesthetic, Elizabethan and Neo-Grec pieces, but I’m conspicuously missing Gothic. I’m a big fan of Gothic design, but I haven’t run across any pieces that were reasonably priced, locally accessible and don’t give my home that “am I at church?” feel. If [...]

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