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Allen and Brother Egyptian Revival Marble Top Table

August 6, 2008

This Egyptian Revival parlor table constructed by Allen and Brother is an impressive one.  A table like this is shown in the May 1996 issue of Magazine Antiques and I wouldn’t be surprised to know that the table’s owner at the time, Judith Hollander, had subsequently donated it to the Philadelphia Museum of Art where [...]

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Shabby Chic Merklen Brothers Table

June 12, 2008

As an owner of 4 Merklen tables and being a big fan of their work, I just about fell out of my chair when I came across this familiar Merklen table that has been completely painted – Pink. Thank goodness they saw fit to spare the brass feet and the griffins supporting the second tier [...]

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Possible Hunzinger Table – and Cheap!

March 3, 2008

Considering the recent flurry of Hunzinger mania at the auctions as you remember from this post, and the fact that a “Hunzinger” shaving mirror went for $3,700 this past weekend. I thought I’d reward the Rare Victorian readers by pointing them to a possible Hunzinger fern stand that you can score for about 1/10th [...]

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Kilian Brothers Inlaid Parlor Table at Neal Auction

February 23, 2008

I happened to be perusing an old article from May ‘99 in The Magazine Antiques and noticed that this table at Neal Auction, attributed to Berkey & Gay, is actually in a photo from an 1870 catalog photograph. This table was done by Kilian Brothers and if you happen to have the article, look [...]

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Modern Day Merklen Maker

February 11, 2008

Tom Webster is a wood turner from Indianapolis, Indiana and he sent me these photos of a Merklen-inspired table that he created from Curly Oak. I’m very impressed by the reproduction of the triple-spiral legs that Merklen used to produce and you can see an image below of an authentic Merklen table with that [...]

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How Original Do You Want It?

February 6, 2008

Here’s a great Eastlake table that looks like it just came off the showroom in 1875 and I think it looks quite wonderful. The question is whether you want it to look gorgeous or like it should look 130 years later? My guess is that this table probably looked like someone threw it out [...]

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Merklen Parlor Table

August 21, 2007

Sometimes we get presented an opportunity to trade up on our furniture collection and this weekend I had that opportunity. “Trade Up” is the phase when “Add” is no longer a possibility due to space. While perusing one of my favorite antique haunts I ran into this great Merklen table with the hollowed [...]

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