Quintessential Things

While they echo centuries-old designs, this decorative pair is characteristic of mid-20th century glamour. Such Italian painted and gilt wood candlestick lamps are typically referred...

On offer is a lamp made in a bold, abstract design expressive of the Mid-Century Modern Brutalist movement popular in the 1960s and 1970s. The lamp’s connection to this style is char...

This vintage Italian ceramic table lamp features a colorful, hand-painted design with green foliage framing floral and fruit motifs. Decorative rams’ heads with extended horns ornament opposite sides of the piece in an ornate, classical style. The shape itself is that of a classical urn with a top, mounted as a lamp atop a carved Chinese wooden stand...

Dating from the 1940s, this Spanish Revival-style wrought iron chandelier features ornate scrollwork, decorative foliage, and comes complete with its original ceiling canopy. The pie...

On offer are a pair of Midcentury, Maison Jansen-inspired patinated solid brass side tables with smokey glass tops. Hallmarks of this style epitomized in these pieces include the cle...

On offer is a handsome solid mahogany drop-leaf table with center cut shaped corners and bobbin-turned legs. It is a classic example of American historical furniture, blending functi...

On offer is a handsome Barnard & Simonds Co. upholstered side chair with a curved "scoop" or "gondole" back flowing with a flourish down to sword-like “sabre” legs. The piece fea...

Beautiful Italian midcentury sideboard/bar cabinet attributed to Paolo Buffa. Two end cabinets with two glass shelves. Center cabinet with mirrored walls, glass shelf and two drawers...

This piece reeks of adventure. Visualize a seated Hemmingway cupping his Daiquiri and recalling his war correspondent days during the Spanish Civil War. Crafted of solid sabino wood, original and patinated by life like Hemmingway, this is a "Butaque" chair by the American-born designer William Spratling. And it was produced in his workshops in Taxco, Mexico, primarily in the 1940s and 1950s. While Spratling is widely known as the "Father of Mexican Silver" for reviving the town's silver industry, he also designed furniture. These chairs were handmade from local Mexican sabino wood...

On offer is a beautifully crafted French Louis XV-style bureau plat or flat desk, with a single wide drawer seamlessly integrated into the front apron. Beyond serving as a flat-top w...

Imagine a time back before bread came in a plastic bag and pies arrived home frozen. Time traveling, with an aged patina to show for it, is this antique American “possum belly” baker’s table...

If you have a puppy or puppy-like children who customarily race through the house, move on. These slender marble and gilt bronze pedestals were typically crafted for more peaceful se...

Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Brass Lamp by Laurel c.1950s Fantastic brass lamp by Laural Lamp Company. The brass sculpture sits atop an ebonized block. The lamp is wired and ready t...

On offer is a highly decorative, antique pier mirror with an integrated jardiniere or planter base. This combination was especially popular in the 19th century for adding light, a to...

Certainly, the photos have stopped you in your tracks. Other than the ubiquitous recliner, few chairs have offered as much seated experience as those by Andrea Brustolon (1662–1732)....

A tour de force of the Second Empire Style, circa 1852–1870, this credenza represents a time when French design was characterized by richness of inspiration and materials for newly w...

On offer is a curved rectangular commode with a gleaming French polish finish by Italian architect, designer, essayist and academic Carlo De Carli (1910-1999). The mirrored section s...

The “ancestor” of this piece, a guéridon, was a small and typically round table that originated in mid-17th century France for holding a candelabrum to light the room or a vase. Even...

On offer is a pair of Venetian-style accent chairs. Four such pairs are currently available. They are made of carved Italian walnut with a distressed chestnut brown finish and uphols...

Set your drink on it. Dine on it. Spread out work on it. This piece’s unusual size, with both upper- and lower-level, drop-down panels, enables it to be tucked away as a small side t...

Let’s get this cleared up right now: No, he’s not holding a cell phone. Instead, this little fellow is doing the job he was created to do, namely providing a place to hang a pocket w...

On offer is that rarity, a Staffordshire-style tureen which still retains its original lid, serving spoon and stand. Each piece displays exuberant foliage framing idealized architect...

This timeless, as it were, and charming late-19th-century clock face is ready to hang as an artwork in a traditional or country home, there to be appreciated for its own sake. The t...

The upper right-hand corner of your laptop or the opening screen on your ever-present phone tracks your every fleeting moment. But there was an era, approximately a century ago, when...

Really wonderful antique child’s coat rack. This piece which looks to be all original including original paint is most likely from the 1940s or 50s possibly earlier. I tried to find ...

This rarely available Arts & Crafts-period glazed tile features a stag standing on the lakeshore against a mountain backdrop. Its more-than-foot-long size makes it ideal for placemen...

Manufactured in the mid 1930s by J. Chein & Company in Harrison, New Jersey, this vintage wind-up toy depicts a boy riding an alligator. A wound-up clockwork key powers the alligator...

Really cool piece of pop art. Who doesn’t love the Pink Panther? This fantastic life-size pink Panther/umbrella stand measures 50 inches high by 17 inches wide by 17 inches deep. I a...

Spectacular 1991 handwritten on White House, stationary George Herbert Walker Bush letter. The letter discusses the gulf war and is double signed second signature is just signed Geor...

Fabulous bronze of what looks to be a sphere. To me it seems brutalist in style, but also abstract. It has a big R on the bottom and it is dated 1967. Definitely a mystery piece. It ...

Pair of Chinese foo dogs, which I believe are book ends. I am not sure of the time period but they definitely have some age to them.. I am almost completely convinced that these are ...

Fabulous carved wood and green painted decorated wall bracket. It is in the wonderful form of a parrot and is most likely 19th century. It is probably Anglo Indian. It measures 23 1/...

Really well done, cool hand carved man. I thought this was a piece of American folk art. I am now told that it’s possibly African in origin. So I’m not completely sure either way. I ...

This striking piece is an authentic Mid-Century Modern Space Age table lamp that originated in Italy during the mid-20th century. It features an angular, architectural frame crafted ...

There are small, decorative wood boxes from many cultures. Some are ideal for holding hand sewing tools. Others, equipped with a lock, like this example, might hold those bulky bangl...

This Kamana or Sago Bowl was likely made by the Sawos people of the Middle Sepik River region in Papua New Guinea. Just as we in the west would use a large round bowl adorned with to...

Revive the glory of the Gilded Age (minus the backstabbing, corsets vs rib removal, and arsenic for skin whitening) at your dinner table. If your dining area is all gloomy gray with...

Mid-century barley twist floor lamp. Carved solid wood and painted in a light cream color. The diameter at the base is 12" and 6.5" at the top. The height measures 49.5" to the to...

Massive George Wells hooked wool rug with blue ribbon and floral border. Rug has been professionally cleaned, but a few minor stains remain visible. These may be able to be removed...

Stunning biedermeier tiger maple veneered vitrine. Features a glass door and glass gallery sides, four shelves, two of which are adjustable with shelf pins. Metal tag on door inter...

Italian-made, Louis XV-style scriban or slant front secretary/desk, circa late 19th-century. The slant-front opening to four drawers, above the relief carved case, retains its origin...

George III inlaid mahogany demi-lune sideboard. Front center drawer above the serpentine shaped apron, two deep drawers, and 2 side cabinets. Rests on four tapered legs. Minor old ...

Charming 18th century Queen Anne cherry wood work table/desk with single drawer, tapered legs, and pad feet. 35" W x 21" D x 28" H

Gordon & Jane Martz ceramic table lamp w/brown swirl design and wood finial Diameter: 8.25" Height: 30.5" (top of socket), 41.5" (top of finial)

Cast aluminum clam shell serving dish by Arthur Court, C.1980s Measures: 10" diameter x 5" high Good vintage condition - A few minor scuffs on...

Beautiful Renaissance revival settee with open arm style mahogany frame. Lovely hand carved details on the crest and arm rests, turned front legs and tapered back legs. Appears to ...

Pair of Sarreid, Ltd. brass clad cube end/occasional tables with copper rivets and rounded brass handles. 16" x 16" x 16" Each weigh about 35lbs

Mid-19th century mahogany two-part drop leaf breakfast/card table. Drop leaf swivel top, cylindrical pedestal on plinth base with carved acanthus and paw feet on casters. Dimensi...

Stunning silverplate serving tray by Middletown Plate Co., circa 1890. Decorated with an engraved clipper ship vignette, flanged sides with ornate...

Early 20th century fireplace screen with French aubusson style bird and floral needlepoint tapestry. Oak hand carved French Provincial style frame and legs. 29.25" W x 15" D x 39.5" H

Early 20th century Renaissance style walnut trestle table Beautifully refinished table top 66" W x 23.25" D x 30.25" H Leg clearance: 25.75"

Classic mid-century coffee table by Danish-born designer Jens Risom. Composed of solid walnut wood, 32" W x 32" D x 20" H Perfect for home or office!

Spectacular dining table designed by Steven Holl for Casamania & Horm. The originality and workmanship of its legs are the outstanding features of the Riddled table, which incorpo...

Large outdoor aviary/bird cage Made with brass and steel in an unusual triangular shape with a pagoda style roof 2 perch rods, 2 mini wooden feeders, and 1 porcelain feeder inside

Victorian corner shelf/etagere. Three-tier shelves upper, single door cabinet lower with hand carved fruit decoration on door. Beautifully refi...

Late 18th-early 19th century English Chinoiserie octagonal jardiniere with lead liner

Odds are good that you haven't seen many of these, with their scallop shell backs and seats, dolphin-head arms, and particularly such strange, roughened, coral-textured legs suggesti...

American victorian woven wicker high back settee/loveseat with apron. Underside has remnants of Larkin & Co. (Buffalo, NY) label.

Danish Modern Gunnar Nielsen Tibergaard teak desk, having a rectangular top, above the four drawer case and rising on tapered legs. Desk top has ...

Beautiful Tudor design mahogany console table by Imperial Grand Rapids furniture company. Top has been beautifully refinished. Two dovetail drawers. 60" W x 24" D x 30" H Table ...