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For Sale: Brunswick & Balke “Monarch” Billiard Table

February 18, 2010

The Brunswick & Balke Monarch was manufactured for 26 years, between 1868 and 1894, with this model probably dating in the 1870s/1880s. With a highly decorative design incorporating four black and gold lions and heavily inlaid side panels, this Victorian table is one of the top tables of the period.
From an original J. M. [...]

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Hunzinger Parlor Suite Hits $17,925 at Neal’s Winter Estate Event

February 13, 2010

As evidenced by the Hunzinger Parlor Suite sale, the results of Neal Auction Company’s Winter Estate Auction held January 30 and 31 are impressive indeed. Fine Victorian suites and cabinets were sale highlights.
Bearing the stamp of George Hunzinger, New York was this fabulous late 19th century American Renaissance carved and ebonized walnut parlor suite that [...]

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W. W. Strong Ebonized, Aesthetic Movement Bedroom Suite

April 20, 2009

This Aesthetic Movement bedroom suite has popped up on Ebay and is labeled via stamp to be made by W. W. Strong Co. of Chicago, Illinois. The seller has some other provenance to share with us on the set:
The set was purchased from the Galesburg, Illinois Historical Society. It was supposedly part of the furnishings [...]

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Pottier & Stymus Inlaid Ebonized Parlor Table

November 12, 2008

This parlor table is very similar to a table in the “Styles of American Furniture” book on page 67. There appears to be differences in the inlay wood choices resulting in a rosier (Rosewood) color to this table. The incising patterns on the lower section vary between them, as does the number of undulations on [...]

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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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Kilian Brothers Inlaid, Gilt-Incised, Ebonized Parlor Table

October 26, 2008

There’s something about Kilian Brothers pieces that make them some of my favorites. Their heavy mix of ebonization, polychrome paint (in some cases), heavy use of gilt-incising and Neo-Grec styling is very appealing to me and resulted in me adding one of their pieces to my collection a while back.
Thanks to a Rare Vic reader, [...]

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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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