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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October 12, 2008
Neal Auction will be selling the above Aesthetic sofa in the remaining day of the Louisiana Purchase sale today. It is being attributed to Charles Tisch who was a cabinetmaker in New York starting in 1870, categorized himself as a “designer and maker of furniture” in 1886, and an “art dealer” in 1889.
1889 Charles Tisch [...]
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