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ART BLOOMS FROM ARTLESS THINGS In Erik Retzer’s world, art blooms from artless things—humble forms made extraordinary by time’s touch. A refined 18th-century French fauteuil finds comfort in the most casual of rooms, just as a well-worn carpenter’s hammer becomes a sculpture of purpose and grace. Each piece he selects is beautifully crafted, bearing a story that adds depth and meaning to any space. Guided by the belief that quality never gets old, he founded RIGHT PROPER, a collection where the practical and the poetic entwine, proving that elegance belongs wherever it i...Read More
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Featured Pieces
Brass Ship's Lantern Pendant Light
Located in Chicago, IL
A little bit of harbor romance, captured in brass and glass. This 20th century pendant lantern takes its cues from the classic ship’s lights of another era, with a warm brass body an...
Category
20th Century American Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century American Copper Thoroughbred Horse Weathervane
Located in Chicago, IL
A true piece of American folk sculpture, this early 20th century copper running thoroughbred weathervane carries the spirit of open fields, race tracks, and the restless energy of th...
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
Folk Art Tractor Seat and Horse Hames Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
A little bit farmstead ingenuity, a little bit rural sculpture, and entirely American in spirit. This wonderfully quirky folk stool was fashioned from the forgotten vocabulary of ear...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Stools
Materials
Iron
Pair of Club Chairs by Bart Van Bekhoven
Located in Chicago, IL
The Dutch have never been seduced by excess. They leave that to the French. What they perfected instead was restraint—the difficult art of making something so perfectly proportioned ...
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Late 20th Century Dutch Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Leather
American J-Class Racing Sloop Model
Located in Chicago, IL
There is an old saying among sailors: The Sea remembers everything. Every clever tack, every reckless jybe, every victory won by inches rather than miles. Perhaps that is why models ...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Models and Miniatures
Materials
Canvas, Mahogany, Black Walnut
Hand-Woven Oak Splint Basket with Horse Bit Handle by Elizabeth Worley
Located in Chicago, IL
There are objects that were made to be used, and then there are objects that, somewhere along the way, become keepers of stories. This extraordinary oak splint basket by Kentucky fol...
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2010s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Materials
Iron
'Please Take Your Butt Outside', Framed Cross Stitch Embroidery
Located in Chicago, IL
There was a time when American samplers taught virtue; 'With patience comes wisdom,' or 'Idleness is the devil's workshop.' Then, somewhere along the way, Grandma developed a sense ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Cotton
19th Century Mallard Duck Trophy Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
In the closing years of the nineteenth century, American painters became infatuated with trompe l'oeil—French for "deceive the eye." It wasn't enough to paint well. The challenge was...
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Antique Late 19th Century American Rustic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Leather Club Chair by Bart van Bekhoven
Located in Chicago, IL
Some chairs invite you to sit. The rare ones persuade you to stay.
Bart van Bekhoven built his reputation on that distinction. At a time when much of European modernism favored hard...
Category
Late 20th Century Dutch Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Bronze Thoroughbred Horse Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
This American cast bronze thoroughbred stands exactly as every great racehorse should: collected, disciplined, muscles quiet beneath the skin, every ounce of energy held in reserve. ...
Category
20th Century American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Set of Four Leather Dining Chairs by Bart van Bekhoven
Located in Chicago, IL
The Dutch have always had a peculiar talent for restraint. Give them a chair and they'll remove everything unnecessary until only the essentials remain. What survives is always beaut...
Category
Late 20th Century Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Cast Metal Thoroughbred Horse Head
Located in Chicago, IL
Hermès saddled them. Ralph Lauren built a global empire around them. The Kentucky Derby makes them legendary. Some symbols never lose their power.
This life-size cast metal horse h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Metal
