About Embellish Antiques
Embellish Antiques is owned and operated by Akin Kolawole. Akin got his start in the antiques business working part-time while still in college at an antiques store in Brookline, MA over 30 years ago. Having been bitten by the antiques bug, he decided to get into the business upon graduation. He opened his first store on Charles Street in Boston and operated it there for over 15 years. After closing that store, he decided to move down to North Carolina, where he now runs the business. He exhibits at some of the finest antiques show across the country. His 4000 square foo...Read More
Embellish Antiques
Established in 19901stDibs seller since 2022
Featured Pieces
English Regency Period Leather Covered Sewing Box w/Gilt Brass Ornament
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
English Regency period sewing box covered in fine grained leather with gilded brass ornament, lion mask ring handles and paw feet. Opening to a floral paper lined and compartmented i...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Cedar Lined Green Shagreen Box w/Double 'Latch' to Front
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco green shagreen covered cedar box with double bone 'latch' and bone edges.
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shagreen, Wood
Art Deco Cocktail Pick Set - Couple Seated at Bar - Glasses and Shaker are Picks
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco cocktail pick set attributed to Sudre. A well-dressed couple seated and smoking at a figured wood bar. The bar top with a row of Bakelite glasses and a cocktail shaker which...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Barware
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Vintage Coastal Split Reed Side Tables
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Pair of Vintage Coastal Split Reed Side Tables, each with two drawers.
Category
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Reed
Set of 6 Brass and Velvet Curule Savonarola Chairs
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of six 1980’s Curule Armchairs. Extremely comfortable and well proportioned, these chairs would fit in a dining room setting or as accent chairs. In very good condition with brow...
Category
Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Pair of Italian Three Tiered Burled Wood Table
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Pair of mid century 3-tiered burled olive wood side tables. On of the tables retains its original “Made in Italy” sticker.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian End Tables
Materials
Olive
Art Deco Set of 12 Cocktail Picks Being Carried by Two Men Carrying a Litter
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 12 cocktail picks with red ball tops and forked tips being presented by a pair of men carrying a litter on their shoulders.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Barware
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Silver Plate Champagne \ Cocktail Stirrer Set with a Figural Stand
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Silver plate display stand in the form of a Champagne bottle in an ice bucket on a wooden stand. Each side fitted with a holder for the two sets of 4 Champagne / cocktail stirrers. O...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
French Art Deco Painted Chrome Figural "Boxer" Cocktail Pick Set
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of Art Deco cocktail picks in a figural holder. A painted chrome figure of a boxer between a punching bag and a chrome cylinder holding 6 ball-topped picks, all set on a figured ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Barware
Materials
Metal
Set of Brown Jordan Hall Bradley Calcutta Patio Furniture
By Brown Jordan
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of Calcutta Outdoor Patio Furniture designed by Hall Bradley in 1967 and manufactured by Brown Jordan, USA. Featuring 4 Armchairs and a Round Table with a glass top in cast Alumi...
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Thonet Bentwood Cane Rocking Armchair – Vienna
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Graceful and sculptural, this bentwood rocking chair showcases the iconic Viennese tradition of steam-bent hardwood formed into sweeping curves and elegant scrollwork. The flowing ar...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Rocking Chairs
Materials
Beech, Bentwood
Biedermeier Burl Elm Corner Console Table, Antique Austrian, 1820
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
An extraordinarily rare and sculptural Biedermeier corner console table, Austria or Southern Germany, circa 1820.
Executed in striking burled elm, the piece exemplifies the refined ...
Category
Antique 1820s Austrian Biedermeier Console Tables
Materials
Elm, Burl
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