Antiques: Filtered - by Janelle Steinberg on Polyvore.com
For one of my current clients, we are doing these amazingly fun and fresh chairs from Oly Studios. Its the Bobby chair. And its perfect for classic tastes of today. Its a hybrid of a Chippendale and a Queen Anne. I am so excited to have these chairs on order- can't wait for delivery! All of Oly's offerings are just great. Check them out here.
Rather than highlighting something fabulous this week, I will highlight a fabulous antique/vintage dealer: Mecox Gardens. Mecox is known among designers and New Yorkers (originally, anyway. They have expanded to Chicago, Los Angeles, Texas and Florida) for their simply fantastic selection of things you can't live without (they cleverly call their offerings "re-editions"). If you decide to browse their site or visit in real life- you will come away loving a bunch of their pieces. Check them out if you haven't already. If you go shopping without your designer, and you buy something from Mecox- you pretty much can't go wrong!
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More people should go crazy with their mirrors. Honestly, its the one thing you can hang on your wall, other than great art, that people will "wow" over when its unique and different.
There are so many great places to look for something different (and, if you shop around, you can get pieces for amazing deals, too). Great places to shop for "unique" things are antiques and vintage dealers, a little shop that's going out of business or advertising an inventory sale, local mom and pop consignments, estate sales (I've also heard garage sales can yield some great finds- but I would seriously consider the neighborhood before you devote a Saturday morning to a garage sale endeavor!), on-line auction houses and antiques dealers, and, chances are, if you know an interior designer or decorator- they might have a few things sitting around and they can surely point you in the direction of a few local boutiques. (As an semi-related "share"...designers change their stuff out a lot. We buy things even when we have no place for them. We are always seeing things we *looove*. I would say we are doomed from the start of any shopping trip. If you are BFF's or "in" with a designer, and you love something of theirs...its worth it to express a liking. That way, they know who to give it to when they are done with it or want to switch it out).
Tips for buying an already loved mirror: measure your wall space before you shop and remember it can be refinished! I don't recommend this for important and astronomically priced antiques (usually means they are important or rare or both), but do remember you can have it lacquered, leafed in a different precious metal or refinished with a metallic or solid color.
"Italian Brass Mirror" from Monument, $4,800
"Neoclassical Vintage Mirror" from Monument, $3,600
I love this one!
"Monumental Hollywood Regency Glass Framed Mirror" from Vermillion, $3,900
"Carved and Guilded Mirror" from Todd Alexander Romano LLC., $7,800
"Gilt Iron Mirror" from Galerie de France, $4,100
Set of Six Mahogany Side Chairs by Andre Arbus via Vintage Modern
These are vintage French c.1940's. These graceful chairs remind me of a tuxedo...the dark and light juxtaposition, the button tufting details, the bow-tie like curves at the bottom of the chair back. The details amount to the right amount of "pretty" without becoming too fussy or feminine. Get the lot from Vintage Modern. Hurry...once they're gone, they're gone!
These super fun lamps come to us from Bermingham and Co. by way of France, c. 1950, (I realize their date makes them more "vintage" than proper antiques...but still). I would be willing to venture no one else you know has these lamps. Perfect for a statement in the Foyer- where they can happily greet guests upon entry. Get them fast if you love them! Once they're gone...they're gone!
Volute /ve'loot/ n.: a spiral scroll charactistic
Volutes are often found on architectural columns and decorative accessories + antiques, such as this mirror. Next time you see a volute, you'll know what its called (better than refering to it as a scroll!).
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Antique Iron Savonarola Chairs
How to use them:
This pair of 1920's French chairs would be great in the foyer or at a smaller bistro style breakfast table for two. They would be a handsome compliment to a traditional furniture arrangement, perhaps in a formal Living Room. The pair would also look elegant flanking a sideboard or hutch placed up against a wall.
How to get them:
Contact Brookleberry's Antiques at (951) 781-7692. (Reference #TJ-028)
Brookleberry's Antiques is located in Riverside, California
Retail Price: $1650
