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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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Associating Herter Brothers With Decorative Inlay

July 26, 2009

Peter sent me this photo of a Renaissance Revial parlor set that he has from a “wealthy relative” and was asking if I knew who the cabinetmaker may have been that constructed it.  He was wondering if it was made by Herter Brothers, probably due to the carved lion (or griffin) arms and especially the [...]

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Stanford White Parlor Set Mystery

April 10, 2009

Usually when I do these antique Victorian furniture posts I post an image or so and accompany it with the brief research that I have done. I’m going to do it backwards this time.  I am posting the image first without having done any research and let those in the Rare Victorian community who [...]

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Don’t Believe All That You Read

January 23, 2009

You need to retain a healthy dose of suspicion when you read anything in books related to 19th century furniture and the identification of their makers contained within. That caution also includes what you read on this site.  We all have the best of intentions, but the reality is we’re trying to recreate history [...]

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Grandview Sale Including High Museum Henkels Desk

November 29, 2008

Grand View Auction has several fine Victorian antiques in today’s sale including this George Henkels desk, once exhibited in the High Museum.  It is reminiscent of the desk and furniture in the Asa Packer Mansion.  Other notable items include an Allen & Brother Cabinet and J & JW Meeks Parlor Set.  I’ll need a little [...]

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Gustave Herter Parlor Suite?

November 27, 2008

It’s fun to see antiques put up for sale with low sale range estimates and see them hit prices 10-times what the auction house anticipated.  Harlowe-Powell put a very conservative $2,500 top range price on this set which proceeded to garner $23,000 plus buyers premium of 20%.
They were on the right track with an attribution [...]

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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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