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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
English George II Vernacular Highboy
Located in Chicago, IL
By 1740, England's prosperous country gentry were furnishing their houses with much the same ambition as their fashionable London counterparts, though often with a decidedly less for...
Category
Antique 1750s English George II Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ash, Oak, Burl
Eleven Arm Chandelier by Erik Höglund for Boda Glasbruk, Sweden
Located in Chicago, IL
Arriving at Boda Glasbruk in 1953, Erik Höglund proceeded to upend nearly every convention of Swedish art glass. He favored thick, irregular forms, trapped bubbles and primitive imag...
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Bart van Beckhoven Leather-Clad Dining Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
These have that wonderful quality of looking almost severe until you sit in them. Dutch designer Bart van Bekhoven has long worked in that territory, pairing architectural silhouette...
Category
Late 20th Century Dutch Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Adirondack Style Twig Table
Located in Chicago, IL
There is something almost wonderfully contrary about Adirondack furniture: the people commissioning the great camps of the 19th century had fortunes built on railroads, banking and i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Adirondack Side Tables
Materials
Willow
18th Century English Georgian Pie-Crust Tilt-Top Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea was never simply tea in Georgian England. It was an occasion, a performance, and occasionally an excuse to show the neighbors what had just arrived from the cabinetmaker.
This 1...
Category
Antique 18th Century British Georgian Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Rather Large Round Framed Mirror
Located in Chicago, IL
There is something particularly satisfying about a circle—especially when it is given this much presence. This large vintage mirror is framed in pine with an unusually deep profile, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Pine
Naive Common Goldeneye Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
The best wildlife paintings aren't about the animal. They're about the moment.
This twentieth-century American oil on canvas captures the split second every birdwatcher hopes to wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Pair of Adirondack Style Twig Tables
Located in Chicago, IL
At the turn of the twentieth century, east coast industrialists escaped the cities for the solitude of the Adirondacks, where the finest furniture wasn't carved from mahogany but coa...
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Side Tables
Materials
Willow
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
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 ...
Category
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
English George II Vernacular Highboy
Located in Chicago, IL
By 1740, England's prosperous country gentry were furnishing their houses with much the same ambition as their fashionable London counterparts, though often with a decidedly less for...
Category
Antique 1750s English George II Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ash, Oak, Burl
Eleven Arm Chandelier by Erik Höglund for Boda Glasbruk, Sweden
Located in Chicago, IL
Arriving at Boda Glasbruk in 1953, Erik Höglund proceeded to upend nearly every convention of Swedish art glass. He favored thick, irregular forms, trapped bubbles and primitive imag...
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Bart van Beckhoven Leather-Clad Dining Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
These have that wonderful quality of looking almost severe until you sit in them. Dutch designer Bart van Bekhoven has long worked in that territory, pairing architectural silhouette...
Category
Late 20th Century Dutch Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Adirondack Style Twig Table
Located in Chicago, IL
There is something almost wonderfully contrary about Adirondack furniture: the people commissioning the great camps of the 19th century had fortunes built on railroads, banking and i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Adirondack Side Tables
Materials
Willow
18th Century English Georgian Pie-Crust Tilt-Top Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea was never simply tea in Georgian England. It was an occasion, a performance, and occasionally an excuse to show the neighbors what had just arrived from the cabinetmaker.
This 1...
Category
Antique 18th Century British Georgian Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Rather Large Round Framed Mirror
Located in Chicago, IL
There is something particularly satisfying about a circle—especially when it is given this much presence. This large vintage mirror is framed in pine with an unusually deep profile, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Pine
Naive Common Goldeneye Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
The best wildlife paintings aren't about the animal. They're about the moment.
This twentieth-century American oil on canvas captures the split second every birdwatcher hopes to wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Pair of Adirondack Style Twig Tables
Located in Chicago, IL
At the turn of the twentieth century, east coast industrialists escaped the cities for the solitude of the Adirondacks, where the finest furniture wasn't carved from mahogany but coa...
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Side Tables
Materials
Willow
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
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 ...
Category
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