Furniture Antiques & Collectables Photos

Original images of furniture arts, antiques, & collectables in museums & collections. These photos are posted for educational purposes only. None of these objects are for sale.

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Antique Desks indexed by type: over 700 original photos Bookcase & secretary desk with pull out writing surface plus filing drawers in Boudoir at Castletown House. Ireland Some of the 110 compartments in Wooton desk at Museum of Western Art. Kerrville, TX Fall-front desk from Vienna, Austria at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL
Antique Sideboards index: by style & era: over 300 original photos. Sideboard by William Mills & Simeon Deming of New York at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC Sideboard by Mitchell & Rammelsberg Furniture Co. of Cincinnati, OH at Cincinnati Art Museum. Cincinnati, OH Art Deco sideboard designed by Jean Curot & made by Ernest Thill, shown at International Exposition for Decorative Arts & Modern Industry Paris 1925 at National Museum of History & Art. Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Antique tables index: dining, work, games, dressing: over 1,000 original photos. Round table with inserted circular sections divided by carved ginkgo leaves at Manderston House. Duns, Scotland Folding card table in billiard room at Thirlestane Castle. Scotland Crystal toilette table & chair by L'Escalier de Cristal of Paris under Marie-Jeanne-Rosalie Desarnaud-Charpentier at Louvre Museum. Paris, France
20thC Tables & Designers; Art Nouveau; Modern Celandine tea table by Gustav Stickley at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL Music room table & chairs at House for an Art Lover. Glasgow, Scotland Dining table & chairs of Kandinsky from Dessau by Otto Bedelind at Georges Pompidou Center. Paris, France
Antique Chairs index: style, material, era: over 2,000 original photos. Carved corner chair at The Study. Culross, Scotland Freehand painted side chair made in Lancaster County, PA in Illinois period bedroom at DAR Memorial Continental Hall. Washington, DC Armchair by Adrien Karbowsky at Musée d'Orsay. Paris, France
Sofas, Settees, Benches Index Sofa designed by Aleix Clapés with advice of Gaudí at Gaudi House Museum in Parc Güell. Barcelona, Spain Modern Chairs Index of 20thC Modernista armchair replica from Casa Calvet in Barcelona by Antoni Gaudí at Casa Milà. Barcelona, Spain
Beds French bed of Napoleon era in Murat House at Old St. Augustine Village. St Augustine, FL Bedroom in Hermann Grima House. New Orleans, LA Tester bed canopy in bedroom of Old Merchant's House Museum. New York, NY
Chests, Dressers, Highboys, Cabinets High chest made in Philadelphia at Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia, PA Two-toned antique dresser in Oaks House Museum. Jackson, MS Uncle Rick's Wonderland chest in Renwick Museum. Washington, DC
Mirrors Convex mirror with American Eagle in Jonathan Goldsmith House at Hale Farm. Cleveland, OH Early American mirror at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO Gold, enamel & ivory hand mirror by Félix Bracquemond of France with inset figure by Auguste Rodin at Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH
Fireplaces & Mantles Carerra marble fireplace in parlor at Richards-DAR House Museum. Mobile, AL Entrance hall fireplace of Unity Temple. Oak Park, IL Music room fireplace detail in Copper King Mansion. Butte, MT
Clocks by type, Watches Bacchanal clock by Joseph Hilger of Paris at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France Clock in Supreme court in Old State Capitol. Springfield, IL Domino clock by Charles Rennie Mackintosh at Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Glasgow, Scotland
Antique Pianos & Organs Giraffe piano by Joseph Anton Knam of Vienna at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria Willowwood piano painted by Phoebe Anna Traquair on Steinway case designed by Robert Lorimer at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland Detail of organ pipes in First Protestant Church at Conservation Plaza. New Braunfels, TX
Lighting Devices & Lamps Gilt bronze "Last of the Mohicans" girandoles by Isaac F. Baker & made by Cornelius & Co. at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL Lithophane lamp details of images created by varying thickness of glass at Gibson House Museum. Boston, MA Bird-shaped chandelier by Albert Cheuret of Paris, France at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX
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