IL4SQ wrote:The only Stickley piece is the desk chair -- an old Gustave Stickley side chair we got cheap because it needed small repair to one arm, which I did -- wholly functional , but not as appealing to "real" collectors, so not very costly. The desk is McHugh, c.1912.The settee on the far wall and the rocker are old mission pieces, but unknown maker, probably regional. The Morris chair is a good reproduction of a 1903 Stickley bow chair (the original would cost $10k +, way outside of our budget!). The atlas stand is Levenger, a gift from a good friend.
I think I love everything in your room, and the rug really fits well.
Since exotica was a craze in the twenties, it's even historically correct.
I am happy you found a good use for an old television;) While I am surrounded with old radios, i never found a practical excuse for letting in old televisions. (other then a small 80s East-German B/W TV that is very good as a step for cleaning the windows)
We're moving in next week. These photos were taken the day we closed. The green couch stays, the pink rug moves into the dining room or the master bedroom. The pub set goes to the basement. Windsor chair to the sun room maybe. The oversized arm chair and ottoman goes to DH's niece's house if she picks it up. Otherwise, maybe the sun room.
In goes a Josef Hoffmann 1905 Fledermaus salon suite, a Marcel Kamerer 1903 settee and barrel chairs, some Thonet bentwood tables and a large vintage repro Josef Hoffmann black and white rug. We also have a nice wing-back chair which needs a new slipcover. We'll also replace the window treatments.
The living room is the biggest room in the house -- approximately 22' x 22':
All of the French doors in the house have beveled glass!
sarita423 wrote:In goes a Josef Hoffmann 1905 Fledermaus salon suite
Really? Actual Edwardian tie-in merchandise? Neat-o! You can wear a Merry Widow (the dear husband will like that, wink wink) and have a Jenny Lind bed as well, lounge around eating peach Melba...what a life....gosh I love history
Any idea what you're going to do with the existing window treatments? I kinda dig them, though I agree they aren't right for this room.
Lisa--Which chair d'you mean? The Hitchcock rocker, the overstuffed one, or the one you can just see a bit of?
MKD
The Thaddeus W. Bayless House
Built between July 1863 and January 1865, major add/reno between 1890 and 1902
Style = Mutt
Most of our beds are Arts & Crafts and Fifties Federal, though we have one Viennese bentwood twin. No heavy Victorian or Edwardian furniture. (wouldn't fit into a small apartment)
When I met DH (many moons ago) I had a collection of vintage Merry Widows. Can't fit into them anymore, lol.
Oh my goodness -- Secessionist furniture! Yours is beautiful! There isn't much of it in this country that isn't in private collections or museums.The Vienna Secession produced some of the most wonderful applied design and fine art of the 20th century.
I've seen some needlepoint pillow kits with designs based on Klimt paintings and am very tempted to buy one but have no idea when I'd ever find the time to start it, much less finish.
