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<p>[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 4179368, member: 5170"]OK, it's time to tour the other spare bedroom! Sound like fun?</p><p>This walnut bedroom set was made ca. 1870 by the firm of"Foos, Mullikin and Kyle/Wholesale Furniture Manufacturers/Springfield, O." That information is ink-stamped in the top drawer of the dresser. I believe that the ovals would originally have been filled with fabric, but I like this effect better. The nightstand is a solid chestnut work table from the U.S. Midwest ca. 1830. The pewter lamp and dish are contemporary Italian; the dish is filled with custom-made marbles by John Hammon Miller. The vase is French Cameo ca. 1920 and is signed "Richard." The quilt and pillows were made by Ms. G.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]333849[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a textile from India with lots of gold thread. The figures repeat a la Andy Warhol. Writing on the back says it was purchased in 1970 on a trip. I bought it at an estate sale. Any ideas on who made it or if it has any particular dollar value? Yes, I know we don't really do that, but still....</p><p>[ATTACH=full]333852[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is the dresser that goes with the set. Resting on it is a pair of peg lamps ca. 1880, an unlabeled Bradley & Hubbard easel mirror ca. 1900, a Schneider vase ca. 1925, a Wavecrest piece ca. 1890 with more marbles in it, and a bride's basket ca. 1890 purchased locally.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]333853[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is the washstand that goes with the set. On it is a New Haven mantle clock ca. 1880, a hand-painted flower vase that doubles as a kerosene lamp ca. 1890, a contemporary vase and our totem animal, a cast-iron grasshopper. Next to the washstand is a crock from the Kansas City area that's been in the family since before the U.S. Civil War. To the right is a Little Red Riding Hood cast-iron doorstop designed by Grace Drayton (Campbell's Soup Kids) and produced by Hubley in the 1930s. Above is an image from Glacier National Park.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]333854[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is an unusual walnut woman's desk ca. 1875, produced at 3/4 scale. The gallery and upper portion detach, so that the upper portion can travel, at least around the house. There are perfume bottles and a trinket box above the fall front.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]333855[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here's a walnut men's shaving stand by Thomas Brooks of New York ca. 1855. Vintage shaving articles rest on the marble; the drawers are lined with curly maple. The McCoy jardiniere is an early one ca. 1900. There is a Christmas Cactus planted in it, descended from a plant that has been in the family since ca. 1830.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]333857[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is the hallway outside the two spare bedrooms. The boxes include one from England ca. 1620 and an Indian traveling desk ca. 1920. The painting is of the "lowbrow surrealist" school by Anthony Pontius ca. 2010.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]333866[/ATTACH]</p><p>This walnut hall tree, dating to 1884, was purchased new and installed in a house in a neighboring city in that same year. It stayed in the same front hallway until 2010, when we purchased it when the house left the family. When we got it home it was the most unbelievably dirty piece we've ever bought, covered in mold on the back and dirt on the front. It eventually cleaned up pretty well. There are glass parade canes on each side from glassmaking guilds in Ohio and Michigan ca. 1890-1920. The textile is new, from a neighboring German settlement. The mini oil lamp has sadly lost its original shade. The peg lamp is from our locale ca. 1870 and was one of our first antique purchases. Cool toilet in the background, huh?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]333869[/ATTACH]</p><p>Another, smaller set of sleigh bells ca. 1880. This martingale has actual bells on it![ATTACH=full]333870[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 4179368, member: 5170"]OK, it's time to tour the other spare bedroom! Sound like fun? This walnut bedroom set was made ca. 1870 by the firm of"Foos, Mullikin and Kyle/Wholesale Furniture Manufacturers/Springfield, O." That information is ink-stamped in the top drawer of the dresser. I believe that the ovals would originally have been filled with fabric, but I like this effect better. The nightstand is a solid chestnut work table from the U.S. Midwest ca. 1830. The pewter lamp and dish are contemporary Italian; the dish is filled with custom-made marbles by John Hammon Miller. The vase is French Cameo ca. 1920 and is signed "Richard." The quilt and pillows were made by Ms. G. [ATTACH=full]333849[/ATTACH] This is a textile from India with lots of gold thread. The figures repeat a la Andy Warhol. Writing on the back says it was purchased in 1970 on a trip. I bought it at an estate sale. Any ideas on who made it or if it has any particular dollar value? Yes, I know we don't really do that, but still.... [ATTACH=full]333852[/ATTACH] This is the dresser that goes with the set. Resting on it is a pair of peg lamps ca. 1880, an unlabeled Bradley & Hubbard easel mirror ca. 1900, a Schneider vase ca. 1925, a Wavecrest piece ca. 1890 with more marbles in it, and a bride's basket ca. 1890 purchased locally. [ATTACH=full]333853[/ATTACH] This is the washstand that goes with the set. On it is a New Haven mantle clock ca. 1880, a hand-painted flower vase that doubles as a kerosene lamp ca. 1890, a contemporary vase and our totem animal, a cast-iron grasshopper. Next to the washstand is a crock from the Kansas City area that's been in the family since before the U.S. Civil War. To the right is a Little Red Riding Hood cast-iron doorstop designed by Grace Drayton (Campbell's Soup Kids) and produced by Hubley in the 1930s. Above is an image from Glacier National Park. [ATTACH=full]333854[/ATTACH] This is an unusual walnut woman's desk ca. 1875, produced at 3/4 scale. The gallery and upper portion detach, so that the upper portion can travel, at least around the house. There are perfume bottles and a trinket box above the fall front. [ATTACH=full]333855[/ATTACH] Here's a walnut men's shaving stand by Thomas Brooks of New York ca. 1855. Vintage shaving articles rest on the marble; the drawers are lined with curly maple. The McCoy jardiniere is an early one ca. 1900. There is a Christmas Cactus planted in it, descended from a plant that has been in the family since ca. 1830. [ATTACH=full]333857[/ATTACH] This is the hallway outside the two spare bedrooms. The boxes include one from England ca. 1620 and an Indian traveling desk ca. 1920. The painting is of the "lowbrow surrealist" school by Anthony Pontius ca. 2010. [ATTACH=full]333866[/ATTACH] This walnut hall tree, dating to 1884, was purchased new and installed in a house in a neighboring city in that same year. It stayed in the same front hallway until 2010, when we purchased it when the house left the family. When we got it home it was the most unbelievably dirty piece we've ever bought, covered in mold on the back and dirt on the front. It eventually cleaned up pretty well. There are glass parade canes on each side from glassmaking guilds in Ohio and Michigan ca. 1890-1920. The textile is new, from a neighboring German settlement. The mini oil lamp has sadly lost its original shade. The peg lamp is from our locale ca. 1870 and was one of our first antique purchases. Cool toilet in the background, huh? [ATTACH=full]333869[/ATTACH] Another, smaller set of sleigh bells ca. 1880. This martingale has actual bells on it![ATTACH=full]333870[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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