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Galusha Mahogany Secretary

February 7, 2010

To continue to fill out my online collection of Elijah Galusha furniture photographs, this secretary is another known Elijah Galusha piece in residence at the Rensselaer Historical Society in Troy, NY. I’m assuming 1835-1850-ishdate for this piece. The pulls are replacements unfortunately, so don’t be distracted by their later date.
Galusha seemed to enjoy incorporating ripple [...]

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Elijah Galusha Furniture Reference

February 7, 2010

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Late Classical Chair – ca. 1825

August 8, 2009

Still welcoming other thoughts on the discussion of our recent mystery chair. I’m providing an image of an authentic Late Classical chair with similar arm form, above. Let us know your thoughts in the comments of the original post.

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“Empire” Furniture Isn’t Always Empire Furniture

June 13, 2009

I interrupt this blog that occasionally masquerades as something scholarly and amounts to not much more than Victorian eye-candy and tabloid-style cabinetmaker worship to discuss the use of “Empire” to describe more than the period technically defines. Too many of us do it (myself included until recently) and I know that many of us care [...]

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