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The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. James Grievo, Stockon, New Jersey It all started around 1971. Just home from college and having a difficult time finding a job, I started going to house tag sales where I would find small interesting things to sell to antique dealers. It was something I really enjoyed doing, and 1 was amazed I was making real money for the first time. I soon realized that this was [...] Click here to continue reading. The Lifetime Collection of Carl & Joyce Mueller, Tallmadge, Ohio “For over one half century, we have collected – lived with – and enjoyed antiques”. Carl spent over fifty years in the commercial radiator business started by his father in 1920. Joyce is a retired elementary public school teacher. Our first collecting passion was for Edwardian era antique automobiles and mechanical music (music boxes, automaton, orchestrion, etc.) Shortly after our marriage in [...] Click here to continue reading. The Collection of El Roy and Helene Master The offering of the antiques and collectables of El Roy P. and Helene Livingood Master comes with some degree of sadness. This collection has remained intact for five generations and it is hoped that others can now appreciate its beauty and fine craftsmanship. Helen, Harry and Minnie Janssen This legacy started with the arrival of Henry Janssen and Ferdinand Thun from Germany at the turn [...] Click here to continue reading. Property from the Collection of Margaret Scott Carter and Winthrop L. Carter Scotty and Win were certainly well known to many of us as an integral part of the New England antiques business for over forty years. In the early 1960′s Scotty was exhibiting at an antiques show that Win came to as he was looking for items for a show where he would be exhibiting. Win walked into Scotty’s booth and found many [...] Click here to continue reading. Ex Collection of Richard and Joane Smith Richard Flanders Smith and his wife Joane both grew up in New England, Richard in Massachusetts and Joane in Connecticut. They both had a keen interest in art and design and attended the Yale University School of Fine Arts where they met as 3rd year art students. The couple sent each other one handmade drawn or painted card after card as their romance blossomed. After eloping in [...] Click here to continue reading. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Moyer, Lederach, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Jay R. Moyer, a public servant and former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, is a proud descendant of Mennonite and Schwenkfelder immigrants, who arrived on ships such as the “Good Ship Friendship,” which docked in the City of Philadelphia in 1729. Jay’s ancestor, Hans Christian Meyer, along with other early settlers from Switzerland and Germany, finally settled and helped to form [...] Click here to continue reading. John Needles John Needles (1786-1878) opened a cabinet shop on Hanover Street in Baltimore in 1810. He was active until 1853. Some pieces are stenciled J. NEEDLES. Circa 1835 to 1853, he is believed to have used the stencil John Needles / Cabinet Maker / 54 Hanover St. / BALTo. Paper labels can also be found. One printed label reads, JOHN NEEDLES, / MANUFACTURER OF / Cabinet Furniture, / 54 Hanover STREET, [...] Click here to continue reading. Chinese Furniture Woods Chinese furniture uses many types of wood that are not only known by their Chinese names, but also share their Chinese names with several other types of wood, so confusion may easily result. The three most valued types of wood are huali, zitan, and jichimu. Huanghuali A member of the rosewood family, huali is a tropical hardwood that grows in China with a wide range of hues, and whose Chinese [...] Click here to continue reading. Valentine Yoder Blanket Chests The mid-19th century paint decorated blanket chests attributed to cabinetmaker Valentine Yoder, (Sugarcreek Township, Tuscarawas County) are iconic examples of German / Swiss Menonite influenced Ohio furniture. They typically feature a red painted ground with a green and yellow urn of fruit and overflowing wheat or flowering vines, although other floral variants are known. Nearly thirty examples of these classic chests are known, including the one in this newspaper report [...] Click here to continue reading. Cockpen Chair Named after pew chairs with a Chinese lattice design in the Cockpen Church, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland, cockpen chairs were originally made for the aristocratic Dalhousie family, circa 1775. The master cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale provided chairs of this form for Normanton Park, Rutland, and also Harewood House, West Yorkshire. The Chinese influenced design has proved enduring with examples produced throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. It has enjoyed particular popularity with contemporary designers [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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