I stumbled on this article from syracuse.com, out of Syracuse, NY, about a Sandy Creek couple who turned a 627-square foot hunting cabin into a 3,800-square foot house in the style of Queen Anne Victorian. Nice gallery of photos accompanies.
Jun
19
Here’s an interesting article from WSJ Blogs on the role played by fathers over time. Some interesting insights into the Victorian era, the depression, the 50s and today. Food for thought on the eve of Fathers Day.
Click here to read the article.
Feb
3
Learn a bit about kingwood, and marvel over the finished product. Robert Whitley is a wonder.
Jan
14
Here’s a preview of an auction being held next week by the Conestoga Auction Company in Manheim, PA. Look for the Victorian inlaid parlor set attributed to Jelliff.
Nov
25
On the first weekend of December, the Galveston Historical Foundation will hold its annual Dickens on the Strand Festival. Except this year it will be a celebration of the rebuilding that has taken place since the town was flooded by a storm surge on Sept. 13, 2008.
If you think those people in Galveston don’t know how to recover from a storm, take a look at this post.
Did you know that downtown Galveston has one of the largest collections of restored 19th century iron-front commercial buildings in the country?
The event is a celebration of Galveston’s Victorian roots. Charles Dickens’ great-great-great-granddaughter will be there signing books.
Get a full account here at The Daily News out of Galveston County.
Nov
24
On Thursday, December 17, Sotheby’s will hold a sale of Victorian and Edwardian Art. They will bring together some 100 works by leading artists of the era. The sale is expected to raise in excess of — 4.2 million pounds!!
Among the artists on display are Charles Spencelayh, Herbert James Draper, John Frederick Herring Sr., Sir Alfred Munnings, John William Godward, Sir Edward John Poynter, and James Collinson.
Get the details here at artdaily.org.
Nov
14
Oct
17
Stair Galleries to auction the Hunt Slonem collection of Edgewood Terrace on Oct. 24 in Kingston, NY
On Saturday, October 24, Stair Galleries of New York will host an auction of the Hunt Slonem collection contained in Edgewood Terrace, also known as Cordts Mansion, “an imposing Second Empire-style brick mansion that stands at the top of a hill overlooking the city of Kingston in New York’s sprawling Hudson Valley.” Previews run from October 9 to October 24.
I’ve attached the press release and photos here for you, so there’s not much need for me to elaborate. Suffice it to say that this is going to be one magnificent auction. Here’s some more from the press release to entice you:
“After restoring his country retreat to its original Victorian grandeur, Mr. Slonem filled the rooms with an eclectic combination of 19th-century furniture and decorations, modern art and his own exotic, vibrantly colored, neo-expressionist paintings… The sale will feature an extensive selection of 19th-century furniture, decorative arts and fine arts as well as a number of 20th-century paintings, prints and photographs.
According to Mr. Slonem, ‘The collection represents nine years of gathering.’ The impressive array of 19th-century furnishings, spanning the years from 1830 to 1900 and encompassing all the major styles of the Victorian era, is heavily focused on the Gothic Revival. Throughout the house are chairs, center tables, dressing bureaux, secretaries, gilt-bronze mantel clocks, glass vases, porcelain teawares and ironstone toilet sets embellished with tracery, pointed arches, steep gables, pinnacles and cusping. Balancing the medieval-inspired pieces are furniture and decorations in other revival styles including Rococo, Renaissance, Louis XVI and Neo-Grec. Modern works of art, hung on brightly painted walls inspired by the colors in Mr. Slonem’s paintings, serve as a foil to the Victorian furnishings.”
Wow.
Click here to read the full press release.
Click here for the catalogue. You have to see this.
For information, contact Walter G. Ritchie, Jr. of Stair Galleries at 518-751-100 or walter.ritchie@stairgalleries.com. Visit Stair Galleries’ website at http://www.stairgalleries.com/.