Pair of late 19th-century walnut stands with scroll-cut bases and original 2-inch-thick marble tops, shaped along their edges. The bold foliate silhouettes of the bases are clearly influenced by Rococo design language. Original dark varnished surfaces overall.
Dimensional sign for an auto repair shop with letterforms built from 1×1 moldings or pieces of scrap lumber. In two sections, though I’m partial to the one that contains only “AIRING”. Old blue-gray paint. 1930s-60s.
Painted 19th-century double-sided game board. Single board with applied moldings on all four sides. A lovely, contracted varnish overall with spots revealing lighter, brighter colors beneath. One side features an incised checkers layout with two-tone green borders and a playing field painted in alternating mottled ochre and reddish brown. On the reverse, the center of […]
Dimensional sign reading “Barney’s Place” with letterforms built from 1×1 moldings or pieces of scrap lumber. In two sections with each containing one word. Faces of letterforms in red with sides and planks in bright blue. 1930s-60s, central New York.
Handsome four-layer Eastlake-style picture frame alternating tortoise-shell-style painting, black lacquer, and gilt liners. Inner painted molding has etched decoration. 1870s.
Classic cross-cornered or crisscross Adirondack-style picture frame. Beaded moldings with notched ends. Porcelain buttons with crimped brass collars on larger wooden bosses. Walnut, circa 1870s.
Four-layer Eastlake-style picture frame. Outermost molding is etched black lacquer. Inner molding has a gray tortoiseshell painted finish, which is also etched. 1870s.
Classic cross-cornered or crisscross Adirondack-style picture frame. Broad, square-grooved moldings (nearly two inches wide). Walnut, circa 1870/80s.
American Chippendale tall chest with five graduated drawers, cornice molding, and distinctively shaped bracket feet (dig the tombstone and lollipop!). Circa 1780s–1790s and purportedly from eastern Massachusetts. The survival of the original finish is perhaps most remarkable—so many pieces from this period have been entirely refinished over the past century. And while they remain interesting […]
Fantastic pair of tall and slender, machinist-made, lathe-turned brass candlestick holders with circular sheet bases and disc-shaped feet attached with custom-shaped nuts. Household objects like these were essentially the product of machinists showing off their skills and never mass-produced. Aesthetics were also obviously valued, but some makers were clearly more talented and/or adventurous in their […]