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<p>[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 4135053, member: 5170"]Comments from a recent thread planted this idea: How about if we (and I do mean WE) give photo tours of our rooms where our antique passions live? I'll start with a bedroom, telling you about the furnishings one by one. Then it's your turn. Future tours, if any, will depend on the response to this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]331655[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is a gilt and ebonized walnut bed, part of a set by Berkey & Gay, 1880. The counterpane/quilt/whatever was made by an ancestor in the 1890s and the duck down comforter is almost as old. A triangular walnut side table with a secret compartment ca. 1860 supports a Pairpoint lamp and a Mary Gregory-painted water carafe and tumbler. The painting is a landscape by the French stage and landscape painter Philip James de Loutherbourg ca. 1780.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]331656[/ATTACH]</p><p>The dresser goes with the bed. Stuff on the dresser includes a Pittsburg Lamp Company small GWTW oil lamp, a set of baccarat crystal, a Seth Thomas mantle clock that's been in the family since 1910, and a matching set of peg lamps. An 1840s linsey-woolsey piece hangs above an 1820s ebonized child's rocker with an extant fragment of gold decorative paint and a replacement rush seat reportedly from the estate of Alexander Campbell, cofounder of the Disciples of Christ church. A 1970s Kermit sits on the chair with his favorite book, "It's Not Easy Being Green." The bridge lamp is from a garage sale.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]331660[/ATTACH]</p><p>The desk is also attributed to Berkey & Gay, ca. 1885. It's similar to the bed set, but has more Eastlake elements in the crest rather than Renaissance Revival. A Dutch watercolor ca. 1900 hangs above, and the desk has objects such as a souvenir Westerwald stein from Neuscwhanstein ca. 1860, a carved warthog tusk, a footed Murano bowl, a couple of Japanese ivories, and a black Americana cigarette humidor ca. 1900. The chair is pierced rosewood, Gothic Revival ca. 1855.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]331675[/ATTACH]</p><p>The walnut and tile washstand is from Bournemouth, England ca. 1890. The fan is Japanese. Provenance on the back says its from 1886. The pitcher and bowl have been in the family since the 1840s. The figural lamp and oil lamp are ca. 1900-1910. Underneath is a yellowware jar with lid and a red cut to clear carafe with two glasses, good for promoting fun times. The crock originated in the Kansas City area and has been in the family since before the Civil War. The rug is handmade and about 30 years old.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whatchugot?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 4135053, member: 5170"]Comments from a recent thread planted this idea: How about if we (and I do mean WE) give photo tours of our rooms where our antique passions live? I'll start with a bedroom, telling you about the furnishings one by one. Then it's your turn. Future tours, if any, will depend on the response to this one: [ATTACH=full]331655[/ATTACH] This is a gilt and ebonized walnut bed, part of a set by Berkey & Gay, 1880. The counterpane/quilt/whatever was made by an ancestor in the 1890s and the duck down comforter is almost as old. A triangular walnut side table with a secret compartment ca. 1860 supports a Pairpoint lamp and a Mary Gregory-painted water carafe and tumbler. The painting is a landscape by the French stage and landscape painter Philip James de Loutherbourg ca. 1780. [ATTACH=full]331656[/ATTACH] The dresser goes with the bed. Stuff on the dresser includes a Pittsburg Lamp Company small GWTW oil lamp, a set of baccarat crystal, a Seth Thomas mantle clock that's been in the family since 1910, and a matching set of peg lamps. An 1840s linsey-woolsey piece hangs above an 1820s ebonized child's rocker with an extant fragment of gold decorative paint and a replacement rush seat reportedly from the estate of Alexander Campbell, cofounder of the Disciples of Christ church. A 1970s Kermit sits on the chair with his favorite book, "It's Not Easy Being Green." The bridge lamp is from a garage sale. [ATTACH=full]331660[/ATTACH] The desk is also attributed to Berkey & Gay, ca. 1885. It's similar to the bed set, but has more Eastlake elements in the crest rather than Renaissance Revival. A Dutch watercolor ca. 1900 hangs above, and the desk has objects such as a souvenir Westerwald stein from Neuscwhanstein ca. 1860, a carved warthog tusk, a footed Murano bowl, a couple of Japanese ivories, and a black Americana cigarette humidor ca. 1900. The chair is pierced rosewood, Gothic Revival ca. 1855. [ATTACH=full]331675[/ATTACH] The walnut and tile washstand is from Bournemouth, England ca. 1890. The fan is Japanese. Provenance on the back says its from 1886. The pitcher and bowl have been in the family since the 1840s. The figural lamp and oil lamp are ca. 1900-1910. Underneath is a yellowware jar with lid and a red cut to clear carafe with two glasses, good for promoting fun times. The crock originated in the Kansas City area and has been in the family since before the Civil War. The rug is handmade and about 30 years old. Whatchugot?[/QUOTE]
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