Oriel Cabinet Co.

Why Victorian Antique Furniture Gets A Bad Rap

October 17, 2008

Holy Moly. Now I know why people who aren’t fans of Victorian antique furniture look at pieces from the period and condemn it’s over-the-topness. Technically this piece is probably very late Victorian Renaissance Revival style.
This sofa is part of a set that Fontaine’s will be selling on the 18th and it is a Victorian-hater’s nightmare. [...]

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Heavily Carved Dining Suite at Steven’s Auction

May 27, 2008

Taking a quick glance at this set, many Victorian antique collectors familiar with the turn-of-the-century gods of Renaissance carved furniture (Horner, Flint, etc.) would assume that this piece was by R.J. Horner. Fortunately this set is labeled and we can be sure that it was made by Oriel Cabinet Co. from Grand Rapids, MI. [...]

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