Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA)
Founded in 1962, the Art Dealers Association of America is a vetted community of more than 180 top-tier galleries across the United States. Working with these member galleries, ADAA appraisers offer assessment services for artworks spanning from the Renaissance to the present day. The ADAA also arranges public forums on important art-related topics and hosts The Art Show, presented each year at New York’s Park Avenue Armory, which stands out among art fairs for its acclaimed selection of curated booths — many of which are one-artist exhibitions.to
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Mahogany Chippendale Carved Side Chair
Located in West Chester, PA
Fluted stiles, rare elaborate carved splat, acanthus carved knees, two shells and cabriole legs terminating in claw and ball feet. Philadelphia.
Category
18th Century American Chippendale Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Prototype Late 19th Century Hand Carved Toy Horse Drawn Hansom Cab, American
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is a hand carved wood prototype for a toy that would have been the model for a 19th century cast iron or tin horse drawn hansom cab. It precedes the mol...
Category
1890s American Folk Art Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Wood
Model Canoe by Native North American Indians, C.1930
Located in Incline Village, NV
Displayed on a custom made metal stand designed especially for this boat, this is a typical model dugout canoe carved by the Nootka or Makah Indian tribe of the Pacific Northwest...
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1930s Canadian Native American Vintage Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Georgian Carved "Stag" Giltwood Convex Mirrors, circa 1820
Located in Incline Village, NV
These are from the Thomas Devenish Collection (documented below; see provenance).
This pair of mirrors represents the transition period of rococo to neoclassical aesthetic which cont...
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19th Century British Georgian Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
Victorian Porcelain Spittoon, circa 1880 by Imari, Japan
Located in Incline Village, NV
The mark on the underneath (see image) indicates that this spittoon is of Japanese Imari porcelain, manufactured circa 1880, and made specifically for the American market for the preponderance of bars and saloons at that time.
These were popular from 1865 to the turn of the century; this is a particularly fancy and elaborate example. Note the copious and highly detailed and beautiful floral decoration to the inside of the upper portion of the spittoon; pretty fancy for something meant for spit and saliva!
Fantastic and all original condition with no cracks, no chips and very bright paint in sharp colors of blue rust and pink, and meticulously painted in a floral pattern. Several of these would have been “stationed” in strategic places within a saloon. This is a wonderful piece of porcelain, and quality item of saloon and Western United States history...
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1880s Japanese Victorian Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Mechanical Bank "Pelican, " Made of Cast Iron, circa 1878
By John Gerrard
Located in Incline Village, NV
The Pelican Mechanical Bank is made of cast iron and was manufactured by The J. & E. Steven's Manufacturing Company, in Cromwell, Connecticut in 1878. It was, however, created by John Gerard of the Trenton Lock & Hardware Company in Trenton, New Jersey. This is probably the best example I've had for sale and is in excellent all original condition and paint. Often times the top beak of the pelican is replaced or repaired this example has the original beak. There were several variations made of the figure in the pelican's mouth. This is the "mammy" example. The bank was finished in both a gold and a dark...
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19th Century American Folk Art Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Iron
Pair of Passant Lions with Hot Air Balloon, Silver Plate Epergne, Meriden
By Meriden Britannia Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
Highly unusual, seemingly to be, one of a kind silver plate epergne by Meriden Britannia Company of Connecticut. No doubt circa 1875 and manufactured to commemorate the launching of "Le Tricolre Balloon" on June 6th, 1874 in France (I have attached image of actual French hot air balloon...
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1870s American Victorian Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
American Pottery Pig Bank, Circa 1880's
Located in Incline Village, NV
American pottery still bank in the shape of a pig, used for saving coins (usually pennies) to encourage children the importance of thrift. Pottery still banks are somewhat scarce since the typical way to remove coins was to smash the bank open, albeit, with this particular example, perhaps a knife was used for coin removal (note the wear to the coin slot---see images) or perhaps the additional wear is also from many coins having been deposited.
The bank is in good all original condition , from an unknown potter (unmarked) circa 1880's, and probably a variant of #633 "Two Toned Pig" in Andy Moore's "The Penny Bank Book" written in 1984 when collecting pottery banks...
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1880s American Folk Art Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Late 18th C. Rare Pair Of English Lustre Candlesticks
Located in Incline Village, NV
Rare pair of blue glass and ormolu lustre George III candlesticks in their original and untouched condition. The circular blue glass cylinders are mounted on an ormolu base with bead...
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1790s English George III Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Seated "Cat with a Bow" Still Bank, American, circa 1922
By Grey Iron Casting Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
"Cat with a Bow Seated" cast iron still bank is a difficult bank to acquire and is listed in Andy Moore's "The Penny Bank Book" as #364 and rated a "D" (A to F rarity scale--A most c...
Category
1920s American Folk Art Vintage Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Iron
Bronze Deer, American, circa 1930s
Located in Incline Village, NV
Large unsigned deer cast bronze stands prominently on a black veined marble base, seemingly surveying the landscape. With a twelve point rack between two large antlers, this deer bro...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Late 18th Century English Faience Planter
Located in Incline Village, NV
Fine quality English late 18th century faience planter or pot, with accompanying small porcelain stand. The hand painted image depicts a young couple handsomely dressed in bright col...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Faience, Paint
19th Century Gold Quartz Ring
Located in Incline Village, NV
The gold quartz rectangular ring with a beveled 18-carat gold border, circa 1875, and is mounted on a later (contemporary) 14-carat gold band. It is a larg...
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19th Century American Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Quartz, Gold
Late 18th Century English Faience Planter
Located in Incline Village, NV
Fine quality English late 18th century faience planter or pot, with accompanying small porcelain stand. The hand painted image depicts a young couple handsomely dressed in bright col...
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Faience
Poplar Green Paint Decorated Blanket Chest
Located in West Chester, PA
With an old dry surface, this green painted blanket chest has a white tombstone with a brown edge painted in the centre with "Elisabeth Enderleinich, 1817" written upon it. A mid mol...
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1810s American Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Poplar
Two Perfume Bottles in Fitted Casket on Decorated Tray by E. & J. Bass, Ca 1900
By E. & J.B.
Located in Incline Village, NV
Pair of matching crystal perfume bottles resting in a fitted "jeweled" gold gilt casket; resting on a highly decorated mirrored tray. The maker is E. & J. Bass (marked "E. & J. B."); a manufacturer of luxury high quality items located in New York City from from 1890 to 1930. They went out of business when the Depression kicked in. They were known for their jeweled embellished ornamentation, such as this example; with this nicely appointed perfume vanity set...
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Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Trunk Designed Perfume Bottle Travel Carrier, American, circa 1910
Located in Incline Village, NV
A pair of diminutive perfume bottles are contained in this "trunk designed" carrying case for travel. Something unique in the way of style and utility for the antique perfume bottle ...
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1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Wind-Up Toy, Circa 1950 "Smiling Boy Polishing Boots" Rare
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is a very rare toy that I have not seen an example of before, and judging by it's action and appearance, I would venture to say it is post war, probably made in Japan for the American market (boy looks very American). I have called it "Smiling Boy Polishing Boots" which resembles the clockwork movement. To operate: hold the toy in the left hand with thumb on chest and then; wind up attached original key with the right hand several times; and release. With a smiling face, the boy will roll his head back and forth, while diligently shining his black boots, using an up and down motion with his right hand. The toy works quite well and will go on for some time. It is made up of several materials. The head, hands, and shoes are made of composition; it has a tin body; the clothes jersey, hat, and "falling" trousers" are made of fabric. The toy is in good original condition; some wear to boy's hat and jersey in back (see images), a slight "bend" to tinplate in the rear; but for the most part, the toy is very sturdy, works well, has a nice appearance, and wonderful charisma.
This is a charming rare toy that operates as it should, and is a "must have" for collectors of post-war vintage wind up toys...
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1950s Japanese Folk Art Vintage Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Composition, Tin
Mahogany Philadelphia Chippendale Side Chair
Located in West Chester, PA
A very fine Chippendale side chair with a great old patina multiple shells on the crest rail and knees with wonderfully carved volutes on crest ...
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Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Uncle Sam Still Bank 'Composition, ' circa 1940
Located in Incline Village, NV
American manufacture; this colorful hand-painted still bank depicting Uncle Sam is all original with no repairs and no repaint. Fabulous crazing throughout indicative of original pai...
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1940s American Folk Art Vintage Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Composition
Rare Pair of Mahogany Chippendale Carved Side Chair
Located in West Chester, PA
Carved shells and volutes with rare pierced double hearts in the splat. Cabriole legs with acanthus carved knees terminating in ball and claw feet. Philadelphia.
Category
18th Century American Chippendale Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$56,000 / set
18th Century Queen Anne Highboy
Located in West Chester, PA
18th century walnut Queen Anne highboy with beautiful grain three drawers over four in upper case and one over three on base still retaining it's or...
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18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Very Rare Walnut Sulfur Inlaid Blanket Chest
Located in West Chester, PA
Made for Cadarina Moser, Lancaster, PA in 1801. Inlaid tulips and resting on ogee feet. Iron strap hinges inside. Pictured and mentioned in "American Furniture" catalog in 2015, page...
Category
Early 19th Century American Chippendale Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Walnut
American Tin Toy Trolley, circa 1880
By George W. Brown & Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
Horse drawn trolleys or "horse buses" were the main source of "mass transit", along with trains in the late 1800s in America. Thus they were ubiquitous subject matter for toy makers to exploit as toys for young children. While many tin toy...
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Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Tin
Art Deco Bakelite "Fish Themed" Still Bank, American, circa 1930
Located in Incline Village, NV
This very unique still bank is a "must have" for the discerning still bank collector, in that it is made of bakelite, in addition to it having a fish theme; only a couple of other banks depict a fish. American and probably manufactured around circa 1930, (making it an Art Deco piece), this pre-war bank, though unmarked, is undoubtedly a bakelite product; that company having been formed in 1922, utilizing the discovery and patent of bakelite in 1907 and 1909 respectively. Art Deco collectors would find this piece highly decorative and "period" compatible.
This fish bank is in excellent and all original condition. The bank is rare in and of itself, but another element that makes it particularly scarce is the fact that, other than the old "knife in the slot" there was no way to remove the coins once the bank was filled without smashing it apart and destroying it. Great gift for that February/March pisces birthday.
Dimensions: 8 1/4" long x 5" high x 2 1/8" wide
Note:I am a leading specialist in the field of vintage coin banks...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Bakelite
"Lincoln Bank" Still Toy Savings Bank, American, circa 1950
Located in Incline Village, NV
This seldom seen bank is technically a mechanical bank but basically it is a still bank with a slight mechanical function, that being; once it is full of coins, it opens up automatic...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Tin
Butler's Desk and Etagére, New York, Possibly Duncan Phyfe
By Duncan Phyfe
Located in New York, NY
Butler’s Desk and Etagére, circa 1825
New York, possibly by Duncan Phyfe
Mahogany (secondary woods: mahogany, pine, poplar), with ormolu mounts, marble,...
Category
1820s American Neoclassical Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Art Nouveau Nude Decorated Lidded Porcelain Jar, Limoges, French, Circa 1905
By Limoges
Located in Incline Village, NV
Uniquely decorated porcelain Limoges jar with a wide winged span nude woman and a duck flying out of her hair, perhaps beckoning her to join in the flight. Her legs and feet end as one "a la mermaid". She is quite beautiful and is holding a bouquet of flowers in front of her. The same image appears on the other side. She is hand painted with brown hair, skin tones, with white and black detail to the "butterfly like" double wings. The duck is painted brown and black. Two gold leaf bands circumvents the vessel at the bottom and two thirds up. A blue band above the gold band at the base completes the hand painted decoration of the exterior. The interior of the jar is painted a light colored lime green. The underneath is clearly marked "P L Limoges...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Santa Claus Cast Iron Nutcracker, circa 1880s
Located in Incline Village, NV
This copper-plated cast iron Santa Claus nutcracker was manufactured in England, circa 1880s. It pivots on an iron pin. The face is very finely cast de...
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1880s English Folk Art Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Iron
Deer Horned Fork American, circa 1915
Located in Incline Village, NV
This well made early 19th century deer horned fork, rests on it's own rotating Stand, and with long forked prongs, it was designed to hold any size piece of meet in place. The natura...
Category
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
18th Century Philadelphia Mahogany Chippendale Card Table
Located in West Chester, PA
A nicely diminutive Philadelphia card table with rectangular top which opens up. Drop pendant in the front on the apron with cabriole legs term...
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18th Century American Chippendale Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Swedish Painted Hanging Cupboard
Located in West Chester, PA
Pine painted floral decorated hanging cupboard. Iron strap hinges and lock.
Category
18th Century Swedish International Style Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Pine
Walnut William and Mary Chest of Drawers
Located in West Chester, PA
Four original ball feet. Nice surface. Replaced brasses. Most likely John Head. Philadelphia, PA, circa 1740.
Category
Early 18th Century American William and Mary Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of 19th Century Urns 'Japanned Tole and Copper'
Located in Incline Village, NV
The copper domed covers are mounted with wood finials (possible added later). The shaped body of the urns terminate with turned socles which are in turn supported by drum like bases ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Copper
Pair of Mahogany Chippendale Side Chairs
Located in West Chester, PA
Gothic splats, slip seats, cabriole legs terminating in claw and ball feet. Philadelphia. 1775.
Category
18th Century American Chippendale Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$10,000 / set
"In The Shade of The Old Apple Tree" Tin Advertising Sign, American, circa 1906
By Charles Shonk Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
Outstanding example of this iconic and highly sought after tin advertising sign made by the Shonk Company, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1906. The subject matter depicts a farm scene with...
Category
Early 1900s American Folk Art Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Tin
Garden of Light
By Parke Custis Dougherty
Located in West Chester, PA
Oil on board of a women with parasol sitting in a garden filled with the light of the day.
Category
20th Century American American Classical Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
$14,500
Mahogany Queen Anne Candle Stand
Located in West Chester, PA
This is a highly desirable Philadelphia candle stand form. This candle stand has a dish top over a bird cage, suppressed ball pedestal and cabriole legs terminating in snake feet.
Category
1770s American Queen Anne Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Silver Plated Covered Tureen with Deer and Ram Motif, circa 1885, Meriden
By Meriden Britannia Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
Very unusual western Americana theme silver plated covered tureen, consisting of four feet of cast and silver plated deer heads; rams heads on each end; and opposite facing deer heads at the top of the lid to lift off of the bowl. Sides and top are decorated with elaborate floral engravings. It was manufactured by Meriden B...
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1880s American Victorian Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Mechanical Bank Speaking Dog By The Shepard Co Ca 1885; with Original Wooden Box
By Shepard Hardware Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
Manufactured in 1884 by the Shepard Hardware Company in Buffalo, New York, this cast iron mechanical bank measures 7 1/8" long and is in excellent all original condition and paint, especially considering that the Shepard Company did not use a primer rendering their surface more vulnerable than say, the Steven's Company. There is no touch up or repaint, and no restoration of any kind. Colors of bright red on the dress, flesh tones, tan colored dog, and maroon base are all very bright and crisp. The bank is accompanied by the original wooden box in which it was originally shipped; a very special find and charming piece of Americana. Rare to find the original box. The bank and box came directly from an estate and the original owner, and I have owned it since then for over 35 years. The theme of the bank depicts a young Victorian girl playing with her golden retriever. It is one of only four antique mechanical banks...
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19th Century American Folk Art Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Iron
Small Settee in the Neoclassical Taste
Located in New York, NY
Small Settee in the neoclassical taste
Boston, Massachusetts (active 1804–17), about 1810
Mahogany (secondary woods: ash)
Measures: 35 1/8 in. high, 59 3/4 in. long, 19 1/8 in. deep
Although the diminutive scale of this settee places it in a unique category, the piece itself partakes of a vocabulary that is common in Boston furniture of the Late Federal period. Its sabre legs, for example, as seen straight on from the left and right ends, are closely related to the legs, as seen from the front, on a group of chairs of undisputed Boston origin, including a spectacular armchair with scrolled arms (see Stuart P. Feld, Boston in the Age of Neo-Classicism, 1810–1840, exhib. cat. [New York: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1999], p. 37 no. 6 illus. in color), as well as a number of side chairs, including a set made for Nathan Appleton (see Page Talbott, “Boston Empire Furniture, Part I,” The Magazine Antiques, CVII [May 1975], p. 887 fig. 12). In all, the legs are ornamented with two bold, somewhat flattened reeds set between corner beads, a pattern which is repeated here on the front and end seat rails as well. The superb quality of the piece is further demonstrated in the finely drawn profile of the arms, as well as the delicately bulbous surface of the fronts of the arms and legs. As in the best of the related chairs, the sabre legs end in delicately carved paw feet. The added refinement of the beautifully carved rosettes at both the fronts and backs of the arms suggests that the piece may have been designed to be used in the round.
Stylistically harmonious with these pieces is also a group of larger sofas with frontally set sabre legs and scrolled arms (see Page Talbott, “Seating Furniture in Boston, 1810–1835,” The Magazine Antiques, CXXXIX [May 1991], p. 963 pl. 11) that represent an indigenously Boston form. Although none of the furniture in this group has been effectively attributed, they can certainly be related to various Boston card tables...
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Early 19th Century American Neoclassical Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pier Mirror with Églomisé Panels
Located in New York, NY
Pier mirror with Reverse Painted, or Eglomisé, Panels, about 1800
New York, New York
Eastern white pine, gessoed and gilded, with compo ornament, glass, reverse painted and gilded,...
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Early 1800s American American Classical Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
Seven-Drawer Tall Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
Boston, Massachusetts
Seven-drawer tall chest, circa 1825.
Mahogany (secondary woods: mahogany, pine, and poplar)
Measures: 45 5/8 in. high, 27 5/8 in. wide, 14 5/8 in. deep
Inscribed (on six drawer locks): SECURE; (on seventh lock): CHUBB’S / PATENT / 57 St PAULS CHY / LONDON / CHUBB & SON / MAKERS TO / HER MAJESTY / 632284; (on one hinge): [BUR?] NE PATENT; (on master lock): 2 LEVER.
Although some Boston furniture of the Neo-Classical period is elaborately decorated with ormolu mounts, brass moldings, and carved and gilded elements, other pieces are more simple and are said to reflect the “conservative” taste of many of Boston’s great families. The simplicity evident in these pieces is not an indication of a less-expensive line of furniture or a less-sophisticated patronage, but, like the so-called “Grecian Plain Style” of Duncan Phyfe’s furniture...
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1820s American Neoclassical Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Chippendale Carved Side Chair
Located in West Chester, PA
Crest rail with a shell and volutes, fluted stiles, pierced splat with volutes, shell on front rail, cabriole legs with shells terminating in claw and ball feet. Philadelphia, PA cir...
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18th Century American Chippendale Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Queen Anne Walnut Flat Top High Boy
Located in West Chester, PA
Walnut Queen Anne highboy with lovely figured wood drawer fronts. Nicely scalloped aprons and cabriole legs terminating in trifid feet.
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18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Coffee Table in Pop-Art Form
By John Gwinn
Located in West Chester, PA
Two mahogany boards joined together by polychrome painted blocks in a whimsical pop-art design. Signed by the artist "John Gwinn 1969".
Category
1960s Vintage Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Pennsylvania Child's High Chest
Located in West Chester, PA
Delightful child's sized Pennsylvania high chest in red paint. Three over two over four drawer arrangement and resting on bracket feet, circa 1800. Tulip...
Category
Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Poplar
18th Century Mahogany Chippendale Tea Table
Located in West Chester, PA
Excellent Philadelphia mahogany Chippendale tea table with dish top suppressed ball pedestal acanthus carved legs and terminating in claw and bal...
Category
18th Century American Chippendale Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Center Table with Scroll Legs, Paw Feet and Marble Tops
By Thomas Seymour
Located in New York, NY
Center Table, about 1818–20
Attributed to Thomas Seymour (1771–1848), working either for James Barker or for Isaac Vose & Son, with Thomas Wightman (1759...
Category
1810s American American Classical Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Doorstop "Golfer" by Hubley, circa 1920
By Hubley Manufacturing Company 2
Located in Incline Village, NV
This doorstop, also known as "Overhead Swinging Golfer," is more difficult to find than it's "Putting Golfer" counterpart doorstop; which is also made by Hubley.
Manufactured by the Hubley Manufacturing Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1920, this cast iron doorstop is in outstanding all original bright paint with no touch up or restoration of any kind, and in wonderful patina. It depicts an older, grey haired man, with typical knicker golf garb, taking a wild swing at a golf ball resting on the grass. It has a semi "hollow" rear with a "238" factory marking, indicating that it is, in fact, by Hubley and original.
It is noted in Jeanne Bertoia's 1985 book on doorstops page 60; and referenced on page 211 of the Smith book on doorstops.
A must for the doorstop or golfing memorabilia...
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Iron
Maple Queen Anne Side Chair
Located in West Chester, PA
This maple side chair is attributed to William Savery. It has a cupid’s bow crest, spooned back with solid splat, rush seat, aprons and cabriole front legs terminating in “crook’t” f...
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18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Fan-Carved Wood Mantel in the Federal Taste
Located in New York, NY
New York,
Fan-carved mantel in the Federal taste, circa 1812
Pine
Measures: 66 1/4 in. high, 90 3/8 in. wide, 13 1/4 in. deep
Within the genre of carved rather than plasterwork mantels of the Federal Period, no example that has come to light is more perfectly designed or more carefully wrought than the present one, which is an amazing symphony of fans, urns, beads, and other Neo-Classical devices, all ultimately influenced by the plasterwork designs of the English architects Robert (1728–1792) and James (1732–1794) Adam.
Of a type that proliferated in the area bounded by the northern New Jersey counties of Bergen and Passaic, the Hudson Valley, and western Long Island, the mantel is representative of work that flourished in the first couple of decades of the 19th century. While most of the woodwork of this style that has survived is found in interiors, various examples of exterior doors and other trim have been noted, but most examples have disappeared as a result, variously, of natural deterioration and purposeful demolition in anticipation of development.
Although considerably larger in scale and more elaborate in ornament than a mantel that has been in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum since 1944 (acc. no. 44.55; photograph in Hirschl & Adler archives), the present mantel is so close in style and conception to that example that it likely originated in the same house.
The Brooklyn mantel is documented as having been removed from a house built by Judge Isaac Terhune (1762–1837), an eminent lawyer and judge. The house was situated on King’s Highway, at the corner of Mansfield Place, at the edge of South Greenfield, a village in northern Gravesend, Brooklyn. A photograph of the house, taken by the German e´migre´ photographer, Eugene Armbruster (1865–1933), is in the collection of the New-York Historical Society.
Terhune is ultimately descended from the Dutch-Huguenot e´migre´ Albert Albertson Terhunen, who died in Flatlands, Brooklyn, in 1685.The family eventually spread out through New Amsterdam, Long Island, and Bergen County, New Jersey. Terhune’s great-grandson, also Albert (1715–1806), left a sizable estate to his six surviving children, including his second child and second son, Isaac.
Judge Terhune lived in the house until his death in 1837, at which time, according to an article in The New York Times for November 27, 1910, he, having died without issue, “left the White Frame Mansion with its exquisitely carved doorway, beautiful mantels, and other interior adornments to his brother John” (Part Six, p. 11).
The article continues:
After the latter’s death, the house and its estate of about 70 acres passed through several owners, eventually being purchased in 1853 by Benjamin G. Hitchings [1813–1893].
The house next passed to Benjamin’s son, Hector, who had been born in the house, and then lived there for 25 years. He sold it in 1910 in partial payment for a Manhattan apartment house. After thus having been sold to a real estate developer, the Hitchings property was subdivided into Hitchings Homestead. The house survived until about 1928, at which time it was razed and a Deco-style apartment house with the address 2301 Kings Highway was constructed on the site and occupied in 1935.
By 1910, the fate of the house, in an area of Brooklyn that was being rapidly developed, was becoming obvious. The Times article reported:
The house has been well kept up, but fearing lest the hand of time or vandals might deal harshly with some of its choice bits of carving, Mr. Hitchings removed a few years ago a few beautifully carved wood mantels...
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1810s American Neoclassical Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Wood
Philadelphia Queen Anne Balloon Seat Side Chair
Located in West Chester, PA
Philadelphia Queen Anne side chair with yoke crest, solid splat and cabriole legs terminating in slipper feet.
Category
18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Hanging Lantern
By Boston and Sandwich Glass Company
Located in New York, NY
American (glass attributed to Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, Sandwich, Massachusetts), circa 1830-1840.
Glass, blown, partially frosted, and wheel cut, with cast and die-rolled brass, patinated.
This hanging lamp is typical of the production of such lanterns by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company of Sandwich, Massachusetts, during the 1830s, and perhaps as late as the early 1840s. The present example is an unusually elaborate specimen with its overall frosting and cutting. In their The Glass Industry in Sandwich, II (1989), Raymond E. Barlow and Joan E. Kaiser quote Boston & Sandwich Glass Company manager Deming Jarves on the fabrication of lamps of this general type (p. 225 no. 2398). These hanging lanterns could be supplied with a candle or with a peg lamp...
Category
19th Century American Empire Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Brass
$15,000
Desk Box with Wonderful Scalloped Interior
Located in West Chester, PA
Queen Anne desk box with scalloped interior on bracket feet. Made of pine with old mahogany finish. Probably New York.
Category
18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Pine
Very Rare Bannister Back Side Chair
Located in West Chester, PA
Arched crest, good turnings, molded splats, rush seat. Turned legs terminating in ball feet. Wonderful old grained paint and patina. Pennsylvania, circa 1730-1740.
Category
1730s American William and Mary Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Rush, Wood
Pair of Victorian White Kid Leather Lady's Boots, American, Circa 1890
Located in Incline Village, NV
Dress up your wardrobe with these authentic, vintage, high top white kid leather boots with a generous amount of shoelace loops; wearable and in very nice condition--small size; lady...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Leather
Maple Queen Anne Side Chair
By William Savery
Located in West Chester, PA
This maple side chair is attributed to William Savery. It has a cupid’s bow crest, spooned back with solid splat, rush seat, aprons and cabriole front l...
Category
18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Wood
Queen Anne Mahogany Spice Box
Located in West Chester, PA
Queen Anne mahogany spice box on bracket feet with tombstone panel door. Probably English with oak secondary wood. Contains 16 drawers and two secret drawers.
Category
18th Century English Queen Anne Antique Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Movie Poster "The Cattle Baron's Daughter" Ca 1910; (1st Edition Book included)
Located in Incline Village, NV
This movie poster is from one of the earliest movies produced; having been based on a novel written by Harold Edward Bindloss (bearing the same name "The Cattle Baron's Daughter") in...
Category
1910s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Art Dealers Association of America Furniture
Materials
Paper
