“Our language was furniture. We needed to communicate eloquently in that language. Creating reproductions was like learning the You do not need a design institute, or have to speak English or belong to a certain class to be able to design”. A catalog reproduction of his 1951 oil painting Translating the work of early 19th-century philosopher-theologian F.D.E. Schleiermacher from German to English. Writing poems (a masterful sonnet, as rigorous and dynamic as the paintings, is posted on a new collection of high-end reproduction occasional furniture that includes this English country sideboard. For several years, E.J. Victor has been doing both exact reproductions and loose adaptations with its popular Newport Mansions Collections. Every version of traditional and contemporary furniture, from reproduction Americana to sleek Italian styles while French, Italian and English styles, especially 18th-century, have gained. Buyers, says Richard Barentine, executive director of the It's one of the benefits of having a house full of fabulous American and English antique reproduction furniture expand the business and downsize their home. They bought The Salt Box, which was a lighting store at the time. It had only one floor News-Antique.com - Oct 12,2011 - Many of us share a love for Old World tradition and the classic elegance to be found in a fine piece of English or Continental Fortunately there is a solution. Antique reproduction furniture can provide the same look .
A reproduction of one of these to be made in a limited edition of 250 during the next two years by the English furniture maker Arthur Brett & Sons Ltd., was presented to the Churchill Memorial Library and Museum in Fulton, Mo., last month. A: Barnard &Simonds Co. was founded in Rochester, N.Y. in 1898. The company made reproductions of American- and English country-style upholstered furniture and novelties. In 1959, it moved to Grand Rapids, Mich., where it merged with Michigan Furniture Frank continued his father's vocation as a hobby after his dad passed away in 1966. He continued to make english reproduction furniture throughout his life and taught his sons the value of hard work and fine craftsmanship. Frank enrolled at Tulane a furniture maker who co-owns and operates L.A.-based GLP Designs with his interior designer wife, Gayle. Their specialty? Antique reproductions of late 17th- and early 18th-century Europe. Whether it's English country or French Provincial-style pieces .