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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
Vintage Fallow Deer Antler Hall Tree
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage hall tree is Adirondack style at its most ambitious. A towering mahogany-stained oak frame serves as the backbone for an astonishing assemblage of fallow deer antlers, e...
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20th Century American Adirondack Coat Racks and Stands
Materials
Antler, Oak
Pair of Fallow Deer Antler Sconces
Located in Chicago, IL
Constructed from a dramatic assemblage of fallow deer antlers, these Adirondack-style sconces belong to a uniquely American tradition born in the sporting camps and great wilderness ...
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20th Century American Adirondack Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Antler
French Art Deco Cafe Table
Located in Chicago, IL
French Art Deco always understood the seduction of surface, and this burled walnut center table leans into it unapologetically. The circular top is inlaid in a radiating parquetry st...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Set of Two Acoma Pueblo Seed Pots
Located in Chicago, IL
Few American ceramic traditions feel as instantly recognizable as Acoma Pueblo pottery. Hand built, stone polished, and painted in graphic mineral pigments, these vessels carry centu...
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Eight Leather Dining Chairs by Bart van Bekhoven
Located in Chicago, IL
Dutch design has long favored restraint over spectacle, but few contemporary designers understand the power of silhouette quite like Bart van Bekhoven. Working from the Netherlands, ...
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1990s Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Leather
Faux Drapery Carved-Wood Overmantel Mirror
Located in Chicago, IL
There is a deliberate sleight of hand at work here. This early 20th century faux draped overmantel mirror, likely dating to the 1940s, takes its cues from the theatrical restraint of...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Set of Six American Hoopback Windsor Dining Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
The Windsor chair is one of America’s most honest design languages. No ornament, no performance, just structure made visible and purpose made legible. This set of six 20th century ho...
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Mid-20th Century American American Colonial Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century American Copper Trout Weathervane
Located in Chicago, IL
American folk art has always had a complicated relationship with utility. The best examples were made to work first and impress second, which is precisely why they endure. This early...
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
Pair of George II-Style Hall Armchairs
Located in Chicago, IL
English country houses have long understood the power of repetition. Chairs lined against marble walls create rhythm as much as function, their silhouettes bringing structure and cer...
Category
Late 20th Century American George II Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Collection of Mounted 19th Century American Barbed Wire Specimens
Located in Chicago, IL
History has a way of hiding in plain sight. This collection of 19th American barbed wire specimens, mounted across three burlap-wrapped boards, pulls it forward with clarity and conv...
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Iron
20th Century American Draft Horse Hooked Rug on Custom Wall Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
Narrative comes stitched, not painted, in this 20th-century American folk art hooked rug—an image built loop by loop with clarity and conviction. Two white draft horses stand in prof...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Pair of Early 20th Century American Art Deco Brass Flush-Mount Fixtures
Located in Chicago, IL
A study in glamour pared back to its essentials, this pair of early 20th-century American Art Deco flush-mount ceiling fixtures evokes the cinematic allure of the period. Cast in hea...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Flush Mount
Materials
Brass
