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Egyptian Revival Credenza a Winner At Fontaine’s November Auction

December 9, 2009

By Susan Mellish
PITTSFIELD, MA – Finding an auction offering several items labeled “Horner” or “Belter” is a thrill. Finding an auction loaded with fabulous Victorian furniture including pieces by these makers and more is a special treat. Fontaine’s Auction Gallery’s November 21 sale was just such an event. Loads of wonderful Victorian era furniture were [...]

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Thomas Brooks Sideboard Stencil Confirms Maker

December 1, 2009

I thought I’d give the Rare Victorian readers who don’t appreciate Rococo Revival a little break from the Galusha deluge and whip up a post for Renaissance Revival fans.
How often is it that you see the biggest, chunkiest Renaissance Revival pieces attributed to Thomas Brooks? Often. And it is usually based on slim [...]

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Thomas Brooks Dresser With Putto

September 7, 2009

I almost incorrectly used the term “cherub” to describe this winged male child that is represented in the crest of this dresser, but I remembered that I had wanted to do a little digging on the difference between the word cherub and another term that is sometimes used, putto.  After a quick look, I learned [...]

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New York Cabinetmakers Get Married

August 21, 2009

Neal Auction has another of their great sales coming up in September and I’ll try to cover more of the items as it comes nearer, but I was tipped off to an anomaly in one of their featured lots, the etagere above.
The bottom of the etagere greatly resembles the “Fountain Elms” etagere which MWPI attributes [...]

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Michaan’s Fine Art, Furniture and Decorative Arts Auction Friday, June 12, 2009

May 29, 2009

The June 12 event to be presented by Michaan’s Auctions of Alameda, CA, is sure to be a crowd pleaser. More than 260 lots of fine art, furniture and decorative art will cross the auction block this day.
One of the notable Victorian furniture items is a wonderful mid 19th century American Rocco [...]

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Superb Renaissance Revival Bed Needs Some Work

August 30, 2008

This bedstead on Ebay will be sold by the time some of you read this but I thought I’d mention it due to the quality of the piece.  It is a Renaissance Revival bed with 101″ height and 75″ length and not quite Queen width at 57 1/2″ mattress width.
You can find it’s twin on [...]

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Thomas Brooks Attribution Response From Philadelphia Museum of Art

August 8, 2008

I heard from Jennifer Zwilling at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on the Thomas Brooks attribution basis for this sofa I recently posted about.  I thank Jennifer for taking the time to respond and to do so with the amount detail that she did.
I have not yet followed up on the information that she provides, [...]

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