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George Nakashima (1905-1990) George Nakashima was born in Spokane, Washington in 1905, the son of Japanese immigrants. His educational pursuits began in the 1920′s at the University of Washington, and from there he studied in Paris at the Ecole Americaine des Beaux Arts and ultimately graduated from MIT with an MA in Architecture in 1930. He also learned traditional woodworking in Japan and India. In 1931, when Nakashima began his professional life as [...] Click here to continue reading. Timothy Philbrick Timothy Philbrick began his furniture career by becoming an apprentice after graduating high school. He worked for over four years with John C. Northup Jr., restoring and reproducing traditional 18th-century furniture in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. With this training, he enrolled as a graduate student at Boston University in 1975, studying the history of furniture with John Kirk in the American Studies Department, and design with Jere Osgood and Alphonse Mattia in [...] Click here to continue reading. Garden Museum Collection of Art Nouveau Masterpieces This sale comprises 130 lots of Art Nouveau masterpieces by Emile Galle, Louis Majorelle and Rene Lalique formerly in the Garden Museum, Nagoya, Japan. Quoting from the Sotheby’s press release for this sale: This exceptional collection was assembled by Takeo Horiuchi, a real estate magnate and prominent collector with a passionate interest in the Japanese influence on Western art around 1900. Horiuchi teamed up with [...] Click here to continue reading. The late Angela McCrory Kilroy, “Ingie”, and Edward A.,”Ted”, Kilroy of Shaker Heights, Ohio, pursued their passion for collecting American Decorative Arts throughout their 60 years of marriage. It was Ingie’s avocation and Ted gave her his unwavering support. Ingie and Ted’s love of American history was shared with their children. There is not a plantation or historical monument between Cleveland and Florida that the family did not visit while Ingie delivered a [...] Click here to continue reading. Estate of Peter L. Rosenberg of Vallin Galleries, Wilton Connecticut Discerning collectors, dealers, and museum curators of Asian art regularly made pilgrimages to a charming 18th century saltbox home in Wilton, Connecticut: Vallin Galleries. Owned and operated by Peter L. Rosenberg for nearly thirty years until his sudden death in December of 2013, Vallin Galleries was widely regarded as an outstanding source for the best of Asian art and antiques. Skinner is proud to [...] Click here to continue reading. Zoar In the 1810s, a group of German religious separatists left Wurttemberg in what is now southwestern Germany, after several decades of separation from the primary church in the region, the Lutheran Church. After years of persecution and oppression which included imprisonment and property seizures, the separatists, under the leadership of Joseph Bimeler (sometimes Baumeler), decided to flee to the United States in the hopes that they could establish a new community there. One [...] Click here to continue reading. Captain Hall J. Tibbits (American, 1797 to 1872) This article about the life and career of Captain Tibbits by Eric C. Rodenberg appeared on the 4 November 2013 front page of Antique Week’s National Section. Used by permission. http://www.antiqueweek.com. 1800s Sea Captain’s Life Told Through Collection At 6 foot, 4 inches tall and “powerfully built” Capt. Hall Jackson Tibbits would brook no foolishness. After his “religious principles” were violated by passengers dancing on [...] Click here to continue reading. Collection of Florence P. and William W. Griffin Bill and Florence Griffin met at an Atlanta Bird Club meeting in 1945. Bill was a published amateur ornithologist; Florence was interested in all of nature – she knew the names of all the plants as well as the birds. Both were from Georgia, and soon began to see their state changing before their eyes as the New South swept away the Old. They quickly became [...] Click here to continue reading. Virginia Craftsmen Virginia Craftsmen was founded in 1927 by Walter Zirkle, Sr. The company, which is still in business in Virginia, makes high-quality reproductions of antique furniture. Thomas Day, Cabinetmaker In the mid-19th century, Thomas Day (1801-circa 1861) operated the largest furniture manufactory in North Carolina — a remarkable achievement for a free Black in the pre-Civil War South. Day learned his trade from his father and his urban style from design books and observation of what was in vogue on America’s East Coast. Day’s primary base was the small village of Milton, near the Virginia border. After working in Milton [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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