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John Henry Belter Cornucopia Sidechair

October 13, 2009

This Belter Cornucopia chair is seeing action from 8 bidders on Ebay at the moment with 2 days left to go. Currently bid to less than $1,000, these chairs can command $4,000-$6,000 at auction.
This variation appears to be ca. 1855 and does not have the rounded seat that other variations have.  I have also [...]

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J & JW Meeks “Stanton Hall” Chair

May 8, 2009

Currently at $202.50 and originally described as a chair made by Belter, this Meeks Stanton Hall chair is seeing some early bidding due to the low starting price and no reserve.
These chairs will hit $800 to $1500 at auction and probaly 2x that in a retail scenario.  Shipping is $175 flat-rate to the States and [...]

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Victorian Transitional Sidechair – Gothic Revival Meets Rococo Revival

December 30, 2008

Sometimes in the Victorian era of furniture making, you can see the confluence of two styles in one piece simultaneously as you can see with this sidechair to the right. Both Gothic Revival (spires, arches, crockets) and Rococo Revival (serpentine & foliate seat, cabriole legs) are represented at the same time.
This Rosewood chair design [...]

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Fine Aesthetic Movement Side Chair

September 2, 2008

I’m a big fan of all styles and eras of Victorian furniture and my interests even leak into the immediately preceding and following eras.
Not wanting this site to be all about Renaissance Revival and Rococo, I’m always on the lookout for nice pieces in any Victorian style.  It’s just that there are more examples of [...]

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Solid Rosewood Rococo Side Chairs … from Baltimore

August 1, 2008

I put a modest absentee bid on a pair of chairs coming up at auction.  I knew from looking at the photo above that they were obviously Rococo with a rose on the crest and were pierce-carved.  I wanted to go look at them in person to confirm my suspicion that they were Rosewood and [...]

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Side Chair Manufactured by George Henkels?

June 25, 2008

It always gives me great pleasure to nail down a maker of a piece of furniture that we often see being sold as “attributed to” and be able to turn that into a definite “made by”. No further need to attribute this chair to anyone other than George Henkels (which is usually what the [...]

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1869 Patent Hunzinger Side Chair With Original Upholstery

April 15, 2008

I’ts nice to have the drudgery of the blog move done and get back to passing on some of the furniture that I’m running across. If I don’t have to deal with another Nameserver for the rest of my life, it will be too soon.
It appears that this George Hunzinger Side Chair is sporting [...]

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