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George Henkels Bedroom Suite Analysis

February 21, 2009

This bed from the Neal Auction February 2008 sale is part of a 3-piece bedroom suite that I recently ran into in the hands of a dealer.  I believe they are one and the same set and probably one and the same as the one “Hardwood” pointed out was in a December 2008 Alderfer [...]

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Birdseye Maple Dresser Identification

January 17, 2009

Here’s a little “in-the-field” reporting as I spend some time away from home this weekend on the Chesapeake Bay visiting some friends and shopping with my wife.  Fortunately for me, there is a selection of girlie shops with three antique shops nearby.  I can bait my wife into town with the former and end up [...]

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Charles-Guillaume Diehl – It Does Not Get Much Better

August 5, 2008

Another stop on my Philadelphia Museum of Art visit, this Neo-Grec jewelry cabinet was considered a “masterpiece” at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1867.  This cabinet is still a show-stopper today and was manufactured by Charles-Guillaume Diehl. The cabinet has a hidden release mechanism that opens the door and top.  Construction includes dyed inlaid woods [...]

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