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Rare Victorian Giveaway – Moorish Fretwork Issue Magazine Antiques

November 23, 2008

One of my favorite issues of the Magazine Antiques (and I have hundreds dating back as far as the 1930s) is the May 2005 issue with an article by Paul Tucker on Moorish Fretwork.  As some of you may know, Paul is a regular around here on Rare Victorian and I thank him for his [...]

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Moorish Fretwork and Spindle Lattice-Work Identification

November 16, 2007

Paul Tucker has placed a request for identification help on the Rare Victorian community board here to get some ideas on who has produced these two pieces. The first is a Moorish fretwork umbrella stand marked as made by Frederick Rode but Paul has seen it in an 1885 advertisement for C.S. Ransom who [...]

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Exceptional Merklen Chair Sold – $3,250

November 11, 2007

This incredible Merklen chair, for which you can see an identical twin represented in the print copy of Paul Tucker’s article in “The Magazine Antiques”, sold today for $3,250. It was incorrectly marked as a Hunzinger with an expected range of $300 to $600, which was readily obliterated.
The chair includes the ubiquitous Merklen spiral [...]

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