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Neo-grec

Renaissance Revival Chairs With Marked Mounts

November 9, 2009

A recent Rare Victorian site visitor shared with me some images of a set of high-style Renaissance Revival chairs with very high quality mounts. I have done a fair amount of digging on deciding whether the set is properly categorized as Egyptian Revival or Neo-Grec. I have even consulted with James Stevens Curl who wrote [...]

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Rococo Revival Duchesse Top Victorian Lot

October 14, 2009

NEW ORLEANS – Quite a nice selection of elegant Victorian items were offered at the September 26 and 27 event held by New Orleans Auction, St. Charles Gallery, Inc.. Unfortunately, many of these special pieces did not sell. However, those that did find new owners saw strong interest.
The piece of Victorian furniture that caused the [...]

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5-Piece Neo-Grec John Jelliff Parlor Set For Sale

September 27, 2009

If you are in the market for a quality Renaissance Revival parlor suite, then you may consider this 5-piece Neo-Grec suite which is available for sale. It is comprised of 2 matching but opposed recamiers and 3 matching armchairs. The seller is attributing it’s manufacture to the shop of John Jelliff of Newark, NJ. [...]

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The Helen Of Troy Theory

May 28, 2009

(Continuation from Part I and Part II)
I’ve been talking a lot about Jenny Lind lately and here’s the impetus for my resurgent interest in solving the mystery of who the carved-arm females are meant to depict:

The owner of the sofa had recently put it up for sale on Ebay and an intriguing story came with [...]

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For The Record: Israel Fellows

November 14, 2008

I’d like to start a new feature on Rare Victorian, which I hope will last beyond this one post, called “For The Record”. The aim is to profile some less prolific, less visible, or “lost” cabinetmakers from the Victorian era. I’ll especially try to target makers whose pieces seem to be anonymously floating (or wrongly [...]

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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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Neo-Grec Herter Brothers or Pottier & Stymus Chairs

September 18, 2008

I don’t run across fine Neo-Grec, ebonized, Rosewood chairs like these too often. Each chair has a bronze plaque in the back splat, one of a male figure and the other of a female. There is ample ormolu throughout the chair and if I were the current owner, I would try to examine the back [...]

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