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Shell carved Victorian mahogany side dining chairs c1875 Item # 4804 Click HERE to inquire about this item Shell carved Victorian mahogany side dining chairs c1875. This set of four matching Victorian chairs have deep hand carved shells in their back crest and newly upholstered seats. Strong and comfortable. Some minor old repairs. Each chair measures 34 and one half inches high to the top of their backs, 17 inches wide and 18 and one half inches to the top of their seats. This item is in our online price guide and is not available for sale

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Herter Brothers American Victorian parlor set sofa and chair Item # 4805 Click HERE to inquire about this item RARE! Herter Brothers American Victorian parlor set of a sofa and matching chair. This is a very rare matching pair of Herter Bros furniture. There is a duplicate set in the music room of the Lockwood Mathews Mansion Museum located at 295 West Avenue, Norwalk, CT. The Herter Bros NYC firm made the furniture, wall and door panels for several major rooms in the house. We have provided a photograph of the museum's interior, as shown in Art and Antiques 1994, showing a bit of the baseboard molding inlay. The molding inlay exactly matches our set's frame inlay. The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is one of the earliest and finest surviving Second Empire style country houses ever built in the United States. The 52-room mansion was built by banker-railroad tycoon LeGrand Lockwood. He began construction of his estate on the Norwalk River in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1864, and completed it in 1868. Designed by European-trained, New York-based architect Detlef Lienau, the mansion is considered his most significant work. Both American and immigrant craftsmen were employed to construct the grand castle. Lockwood's financial reversals in 1869, and his untimely death in 1872, resulted in the loss of the estate, then known as "Elm Park." The mansion's mortgage, controlled by Cornelius Vanderbilt, was sold to Charles D. Mathews and his wife Rebecca in 1876. Mathews, a prominent importer, from Staten Island, NY, and his family, resided in the mansion until 1938. In 1941 the estate was sold to the City of Norwalk and designated a public park. When the building was threatened with demolition in the 1950's, local preservationists succeeded in saving the mansion and formed the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, Inc. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971, the structure serves as a valuable resource of 19th-century American history. The Museum's mission is to conserve the building while creating educational programs on the material, artistic and social culture of the Victorian era. The above description was taken from http://www.lockwoodmathewsmansion.org/history.htm The sofa measures 62 inches wide, 36 and one quarter inches high, and 32 inches deep. The arm height is 20 and three quarter inches, the width inside the arms is 55 inches at the back, and the inside depth is 25 inches. The front rail height is 11 and three quarter inches. Side chair measures 27 inches wide, 38 and one quarter inches high, and 29 inches deep. The arm height is 22 inches, the width inside the arms is 19 and one quarter inches at the back, and the inside depth is 25 inches. Excellent strong original condition with fine inlay and some minor old repairs. This item is in our online price guide and is not available for sale

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Matthew Austin cabinetmaker William Mary Gateleg Table with Spanish feet Item # 4806 Click HERE to inquire about this item Matthew Austin cabinetmaker. William and Mary style gateleg table with Spanish feet.This hand made bench made table was crafted by "Matthew Austin" interpreted from an example in the Brooklyn Museum that was owned by Benjamin Franklin. Made from soft maple with hand dovetailed drawers and an old milk paint finish. Table top open measures 53 and one half inches by 64 inches, closed 53 and one half inches by 21 and one half inches. It is 29 and three quarter inches high. Matthew Austin is a self-trained muralist and cabinetmaker who reproduces the finest examples of American 17th and 18th century country furniture. He has been commissioned to paint murals in Manhattan, Philadelphia, Boston, and abroad. His love of period American furniture has placed his work in private homes of collectors and galleries of note. He has been written up in several publications, most recently in Old House Journal and Country Living, and Early American Life. His clients include Wayne Pratt Antiques, Wilton Historical Society Museum, and the American Folk Art Museum. We rarely sell reproduction furnishing. The only time we elect to do so is when the examples are museum quality hand made reproductions of rare and desirable forms. For period examples of this table, please see American Interiors The Brooklyn Museum, page 44; Construction of American Furniture Treasures by Lester Margon, AID, page 77; The Magazine Antiques, January 1987, page 35. This item is in our online price guide and is not available for sale

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18th c. English Georgian dish carved tilt top mahogany tea table with Item # 4808 Click HERE to inquire about this item 18th c. English early Georgian dish-carved tilt-top mahogany tea table circa 1750. Exuberant rococo carving with shaped and scrolled top, hairy paw feet, and lion's masks at the knees. Glowing original surface and beautiful original condition, with very minor and expected signs of age. Measures 28 and three-quarter inches in diameter by 26 and one-half inches high (perfect lamp height). This item is in our online price guide and is not available for sale

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Cloisonne Chinese temple base coffee table c1800 to 1850 Item # 4810 Click HERE to inquire about this item Cloisonne Chinese temple base coffee table c1800 to 1850. This Chinese cloisonne base is from a temple and now has a three quarter inch glass to allow it to serve as the perfect end or coffee table. This is an extraordinary base in excellent condition This item is in our online price guide and is not available for sale

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