Gilded Age Furniture & Decorative Arts

01/13/2025

Built at the dawn of the Guilded Ages, this is an exceptional model of an 1860’s American hand crafted pre-mass production bookcase secretary showcase. This would have been made for the rising elite for their Guilded age town house or mansion.

12/07/2024

Nobody has ever matched the imaginatively, quality and style of French master Cabinet maker Jean Henri Riesener.

In the Gilded Age this was highly desirable antique that only a few were smart enough to acquire them. The best of the best.

Jean-Henri Riesener was a master of cabinetry in 18th-century France. This is one of his greatest masterpieces, the Comte de Provence jewel cabinet. It was made by Riesener for Marie-Joséphine-Louise of Savoy though it later passed through the hands of George IV who bought it at auction with the intention of displaying it in Windsor Castle.

Jean-Henri Riesener, Jewel Cabinet, Oak, mahogany, gilt bronze, 1787,

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12/07/2024

American made Gilded Age European Antiques

Grand Rapids had some of the best American’s best craft people during the Gilded Ages

11/22/2024

Anyone looking for a Fruit Basket for your dining table. This one just arrived on the market in Paris. It will probably be bought and sold again in the next few days, till it ends up in a high end dealer.

11/16/2024

If only furniture could talk - The Gilded Age’s most scandalous daybed was not made for sleeping. Designed for the notorious courtesan Esther Lachmann, better known as La Païva. Her notoriety was not because of her relationships with Paris’s richest gentleman, her notoriety was because of her refusal to meet with Napoleon III.

11/10/2024

Gilded Age Antiques ?

Were 19th Century reproductions of 17th century entrance tables manufactured to fool the buyer into thinking there were older and more expensive ? Yes, but the quality of this one is exceptional, you can only tell the difference by looking at the underside of the table and having seen a real one to compare it to.

This is a 19th Century reproductions that almost looks like the real thing because there are no traces of 300 years of age that you would find on the feet.

This is still a beautiful piece of furniture and now it is considered an antique, but you need to look closely if you want to know the difference.

11/06/2024

19th Century French Napoleon III period furniture. This was the French Gilded Age period. Furniture with style, elegance and quality inspired by Japan, China, French louis 14th Boulle mixed in by19th century interiors to create a unique inlayed and hand painted style that is unique to its period.

Would you mix this style into your home?

11/05/2024

Exceptional 19th century French Gilded Age Tericotta conservatory fountain. This piece is actually available in Paris.

Would you put this in your entrance or your Dining room ?

10/26/2024

Where is this in Newport RI ?

If only furniture could talk .

There are exceptional 17th Century Antique pieces that were imported from Europe at the end of the 19th Century. Certainly purchased for one of the Gilded Age Mansions.

This 17th century Italian ebony & ivory marquetry cabinet is the perfect example of one of exceptional Antique furniture pieces that you can see in Newport.

10/22/2024

This is the most splendid Guilded Age bathtub.

It was made for “La Paiva” the mistress to Frances most powerful men during the Napoleon III period.

Made from a solid block of Onyx.

It was originally installed in her home on the Champs Elysee now called the Traveler’s Building.

10/05/2024

Gilded Age Toy or Architectural building block masterpiece?

Anchor Block’s are both, this set is rumored to be one of four that were manufactured in Germany for the 1900 Worlds Fair in Paris.

There is one box of of just floor plans, design ideas, architectural plans, layouts, and illustrations to build several hundred different designs for stone building.

There are 14 levels of boxes with cast stone building blocks that can be assembled with several different option’s for building designs.

I would be interested in loaning this set to any US cultural organization that would be interested in rebuilding a miniature stone building for an Guilded Age exhibition .

PM if there is any interest.