Articles for category Early American Furniture

Aug 16 2011

Unusual southeastern Massachusetts Federal games table. Posted by Gary Sullivan        2 Comments

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The 2011 Antiques Roadshow season has come to an end. We visited Pittsburgh over the weekend and wrapped up the the season in style. Still another rhinoceros horn libation cup turned up for still another six figure appraisal price! And no, the owner was completely unaware of the recent record breaking appraisal by Lark Mason of a collection of similar cups (see July 29, 2011 blog).It was a good day for me. I had fun appraising an entertaining, memory stimulating and thought provoking 1970s Tiki [Read More...]




Categories: Antiques Roadshow Early American Furniture

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Jul 25 2011

Rarely seen objects from the White House Collection to be on view at The Smithsonian Posted by Gary Sullivan        0 Comments

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Back in 1961, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy had the vision and sense of culture to begin forming a collection of American decorative arts at the white house. What she started 40 years ago has grown into an extraordinary repository for some of the finest examples of Early American furniture and decorative objects. It's a show place, where foreign dignitaries as well as Americans can get a sense of the craftsmanship that defined early America. A number of the pieces from that collection will be on [Read More...]




Categories: Current Events Early American Furniture Historically Significant

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Jul 08 2011

Today’s random unrelated thoughts for the antiques blog Posted by Gary Sullivan        2 Comments

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We recently bought an interesting Federal chest on chest from the Salem, MA school of cabinetmakers and wood carvers. We have just begun doing a little research on it. Matt was pretty excited to find that the carved rosettes are a nearly identical match to some attributed to the McIntire workshop by Dean Lahikainan in his book entitled, Samuel McIntire, Carving an American Style. It’s nice when the research supports our initial impressions. The carvings still show remnants of original gilding on [Read More...]




Categories: Acquisitions Current Events Early American Furniture Scholarship

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