Quintessential Things

This 1920s Chinese wedding cabinet is an example of an antique lacquered storage piece, likely originating from Fujian, an eastern coastal city known for the distinctive red and blac...

Oh, to be a skilled wood carver in the 19th century. One would never lack employment. When it came to doing up their new homes, well-to-do folk then were inspired by European grandeu...

This 19th-century folk art chest exemplifies traditional chip-carved furniture, most likely originating from Scandinavian or Friesian (Northern European) woodworking practices. Measu...

This 19th-century French bench, crafted by hand in the Louis XV style, features flowing curves such as the serpentine-front seat, as well as hand-carved details like S-shaped cabriol...

Very few furniture makers get a revival of their best work a century after their death. Other than France’s André-Charles Boulle, only Great Britain’s Thomas Chippendale (1718–1779) ...

It’s hard to imagine a more quintessential expression of American rural tradition in furniture than this down-to-earth, hardworking table. No nonsense. No elaborate carving of shells...

19th Century Mahogany Serving Tray on Folding Stand English serving tray on folding stand The tray is made from solid mahogany This would make a handsome bar / cocktail stand Tr...

You can almost see this 20th-century, carved gilt wood mirror reflecting a gathering of well-coiffed socialites, cocktails in hand and just the top of their off-the-shoulder shantung...

On offer is a classic English burr walnut chest-on-stand so gorgeous that even if you live in a minimalist’s environment of charcoal matte walls, black granite and stainless steel ap...

She’s certainly no beauty, possibly in her 30s, but there’s a strength and clarity about this woman. She does her long hair into a complex chignon, a practical style in those years p...

On offer is a Mid-Century Modern bronze sculpture, titled a "Reclining Form (Thorns)" created in 1976 by British artist Robert Adams (1917–1984). The work features an abstract, aerod...

This elegant leather document holder, ornamented with a romantic inset watercolor, contains a formal presentation address written in a decorative 19th-century German script. The docu...

Fabulous Edwardian revolving bookstand. I believe this is from the late 19th century. Beautifully curved legs and feet. I’m not sure what kind of wood. It looks like mahogany. It mea...

On offer is a handmade Parcheesi game board signed on the back by Alice Muckelston, whose love of the game is expressed in the painted hearts. Parcheesi is an American adaptation of ...

On offer is an American crazy quilt dated 1885, the time of crazy quilts’ peak popularity. The 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia and the nation’s growing textile industry—wi...

Celebrate your Scandinavian ancestry with this set of amber-colored glassware on tall columned stems. Each of the six goblets is etched with a frosted Viking longship, complete with ...

On offer is an amphora, an ancient Greek form. Such two-handled pots had a narrow neck accessing a larger bag-shape body. So, if you wanted to ship grains from your vast estates in S...

Imagine lightly clad maidens dancing together in the sun amid the spring grasses. Some scenes never lose their allure, even after 2600 years. Nineteenth-century Europeans were inspir...

If you adore the exuberance and gilded grandeur of Louis XV’s reign, but your home’s style and scale is more Cleaver Family than a Bourbon residence, this is for you. Over your livi...

If, like Elon Musk, you are frequently seen wearing a special edition watch designed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first Swiss watch in space, move along. Although harki...

Beautifully carved details on the exterior, hinged lid that folds back and a drop front that opens to a fitted interior with small compartments. Maker’s mark: nonexistent. Clearance...

On offer is a pair of cast-bronze urns decorated with intricate reliefs, featuring brass rims and stems atop rouge marble bases. Nearly a foot tall, their imposing style is neoclassi...

If a shimmering mermaid were suddenly spun around and turned into a chair by a wicked, maniacal sea witch (apologies, Ursula), this would be it. The messages “Dreams of a Sea King” a...

These striking chairs are high-quality Brutalist-style dining chairs attributed to the renowned Israeli designer Ilana Goor (b. 1936). A multidisciplinary artist, sculptor, and desig...

Theater operators! Restaurant owners! Or those of you secretly possessing a lost Vermeer. (You know who you are.) In fact, anyone with items of very special notice to share with thos...

On offer is a George III-style tea table featuring a scalloped gallery with two functional pull-out trays and a small but deep drawer with an oval punched brass pull at the center. C...

While the corner cabinet was a clever 18th-century response to tight dining spaces, this one made of knotty pine is both a practical and handsome answer. On the utility side, as a co...

This wrought iron mirror is styled in the manner of the preeminent metalworker of the Art Deco period Edgar Brandt (1880–1960) who was credited with transforming wrought iron into a ...

You are looking at the 20th-century “great-great granddaughter” of the classic ballroom chair. This specific design by Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi originated in 1807, about the time th...

Furniture had to be adaptable and hardworking in sparsely furnished 18th-century English and Colonial American homes. This was not the time for stunning ‘sculptural” chairs nobody si...

This set of carved wood chairs manage to be both rustic and refined. Done in Baroque style with nail head-trimmed velvet upholstered seats in the color of a fine pinot noir to compli...

On offer is a classic Art Deco chest of drawers, remarkable for its geometric interplay of rosewood and walnut among the piece’s mixed woods. On top, blonde walnut “spears” are inlai...

On offer is a classic Art Deco chest of drawers, remarkable for its geometric interplay of rosewood and walnut among the piece’s mixed woods. On top, blonde walnut “spears” are inlai...

Fabulous early 20th century, copper golfer weathervane. These period golfer weathervanes are very difficult to find. In fact, there are brand new ones made today that are selling for...

Group of three high-relief cameos carved from Bullmouth shell Large: 3.5mm x 4.5mm. Medium: 3.4mm x 3.4 × 2.6 Small: 8mm x 2.5mm

You know how you love to shop for a souvenir when you travel. This little micro mosaic brooch—about the width of your press-in wine bottle stopper—would have been just the thing for ...

Sometimes man and nature work in harmony. Nature to form such a stone as this chunk of onyx, slowly through the precipitation of calcite crystals in groundwater across millions of ye...

This century-old, or more, copper and brass kettle recalls an era when savoring tea was central to civilized life—particularly in Great Britain. Based upon its size, this one would h...

It would be near impossible to design seating that conveys the effect of floating on air more effectively than this streamlined, minimalist chair, available here in a pair. A cream-c...

It would be near impossible to design seating that conveys the effect of floating on air more effectively than this streamlined, minimalist chair, available here in a pair. A cream-c...

It would be near impossible to design seating that conveys the effect of floating on air more effectively than this streamlined, minimalist chair, available here in a pair. A cream-c...

Handsome, discreet, tall and even muscular (and we’re describing a mirror here), this piece would certainly make its presence felt in a traditional interior. But imagine it shimmerin...

This tool stands as a silent testament to decades upon decades of back-breaking labor and thrift. Handcrafted, and likely used for pitching hay, it was endlessly stressed under immen...

Our great-great grandparents would have used this wooden scuttle to carry coal to a fireplace grate or stove. There the lumps would sit until someone pulled up the little attached sh...

This single-panel fire screen represents a classic example of decorative yet functional hearth accessories. Constructed from wrought iron, it features distinctive griffin- or gargoyl...

Andirons, a.k.a. “firedogs,” are a pair of metal supports used in a fireplace to hold burning logs. (In an era of remote-controlled flames, this explanation may be useful.) The horiz...

Two Large Magnifiers With 19th Century Gilded and Mother of Pearl Handles Largest: 4"w x 2"d. x 12.75"h smallest: 3.5" x 1.25"d x 10.25"h

“Ah Venice” memorably uttered with a sigh by no less an icon than Indiana Jones in a moment of passion. We know just how he feels. The city’s centuries-old glamour must have inspired...

What’s Mandarin for “Wow!”? AI informs that it’s 厉害了 pronounced "lì hài le," literally meaning "That’s impressive!" or "Awesome!" Someone must have said it as this extraordinarily ex...

On offer is an antique American Renaissance Revival library or writing table, typically dated to the 1890s. Hand-crafted of solid quarter-sawn oak, this piece has a single drawer for...

Have you noticed that Italian men not only dress with admirable style, but also, appear crisply pleated when suited up. Ecco! The secret weapon. On offer is a gentleman’s rolling va...

On offer are a pair of Louis XIV-style ottomans. Carved scroll cabriole legs with hoof feet connected by serpentine box stretchers characterize the early 18th-century style of these ...

Chippendale/federal style mahogany mirror with a gilt central hand carved eagle finial and accents. 22" W x 47.5" H Mirror: 14" W x 28" H

Offered here is an antique Louis XV-style carved walnut sideboard. The warm, rich patina and the period hinge hardware forged in iron attest to the piece’s age. The upper portion fea...

Likely made by a loving, woodworking grandpa for his little granddaughter more than a century ago, the small scale of this miniature buffet cabinet allows the quarter-sawn “tiger” oa...

Originally designed in the late Georgian or early Regency periods in England to store and transport wine and spirits—let's say, between your house in London for “the season” or your ...

Offered here is a vintage American Federal Style server or sideboard. The primary purpose of such a piece remains unchanged since the nation’s founding, namely to provide a surface for serving food and beverages during a meal and to offer storage space for dining essentials such as linens, flatware, and serving dishes. In its simplicity and proportion, the piece expresses 18th-century American elegance at its finest. Beautifully constructed in the late 20th-century by Baker Furniture in mahogany, this sideboard features five dove-tailed drawers, brass hardware and a lower shelf. Noted for superb quality, Baker Furniture Company was founded in 1890 and is generally regarded as one of the nation’s premier furniture makers. Their status is underscored by the company being licensed to create furniture collections from Historic Williamsburg and Historic Charleston. Add to that the company's Stately Homes Collection, with its meticulous licensed furnishings from English, Scottish, Irish and Russian palaces and castles. Notably, a Baker Chippendale chair...

Few if any of us require large (and heavy) lined copper pots for making, say apple butter or stew for expansive families. Yet this 19th-century copper cauldron with an iron handle ha...

Offered here is an antique Arts & Crafts, Gothic, or Renaissance Revival-style, solid brass "pan" chandelier supporting six lights. Dating from the early 20th century, the light ...

This is the item you didn’t know you needed. But stay with us here. On offer is a 19th-century French walnut rafraîchissoir, French for a wine cooler or literally a “refresher”—the e...