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Merklen Brothers
Posts tagged Merklen Brothers from the RareVictorian furniture archive.
Spiral Furniture Often Not Hunzinger
I thought that this Rare Victorian blog had quashed the rampant Hunzinger mis-attributions out there with our global reach, pervasive presence in the antique community and from me being featured on the cover of Magazine
Fine Pair Of Victorian Tables And Satin Glass To Be Sold 10/11
Nevin at Circa 19th Century Antiques has put up several Victorian-era lots on Ebay that will sell by this Sunday. I will draw your attention to three of them in particular: A fine Renaissance Revival parlor table with de
Emerson & Son Spiral Table
I recently purchased an Emerson & Son furniture catalog from 1893 which I will make available on the catalog page in future. What caught my eye in the catalog was the image seen below. As I said to Paul Tucker in an
Rare Victorian Giveaway - Moorish Fretwork Issue Magazine Antiques
One of my favorite issues of the Magazine Antiques (and I have hundreds dating back as far as the 1930s) is the May 2005 issue with an article by Paul Tucker on Moorish Fretwork. As some of you may know, Paul is a regula
10-Piece Belter Parlor Set at Bob Courtney November 8th
Bob Courtney Auctions has a sale coming up on on Saturday, November the 8th that will include the six brethren to the above four John Henry Belter side chairs. The complete set is being categorized as following Belter's
Hunzinger and Merklen Reproductions
If you remember this post a while back, I spotted this chair that looked out of place and ran a contest to see who could figure out what was different about it. There were many responses in the comments section and many
Video - Final Episode: Refinishing A Merklen Brothers “Shabby” Table
Well, the table is finished and it looks fantastic. In this final episode, John Hutchinson of Rose Valley Restorations in West Chester, PA explains the process that he, Kyle, and Bill followed to bring the table to this
Video - Part III: Refinishing A Merklen Brothers "Shabby" Table
A quick update on the table's progress in this video. It is fully stripped and sanded and the quartersawn Oak shows in all it's bare glory. We select stain for the wood and paint for the griffins. Video Part I and Part I
Video - Part II: Refinishing A Merklen Brothers "Shabby" Table
Here's Part II of the Merklen Brothers table refinish project. If you didn't view the first Part yet, I recommend you watch it first, here. In this episode, I'm in the shop of my favorite local furniture restoration busi
Video: Refinishing A Merklen Brothers "Shabby" Table
This will be the first of hopefully many video blog posts here on Rare Victorian in the future. I did end up rescuing the Merklen Brothers table from this previous post and I hope to capture the transformation on video f
Shabby Chic Merklen Brothers Table
As an owner of 4 Merklen tables and being a big fan of their work, I just about fell out of my chair when I came across this familiar Merklen table that has been completely painted - Pink. Thank goodness they saw fit to
Merklen Chair Weekend Puzzler Winner
Thanks to all who responded this weekend on the puzzler that I posted on Friday. Above you will find another version of the chair that was pictured and here you will find another version as well. The big differences betw
Modern Day Merklen Maker
Tom Webster is a wood turner from Indianapolis, Indiana and he sent me these photos of a Merklen-inspired table that he created from Curly Oak. I'm very impressed by the reproduction of the triple-spiral legs that Merkle
Hidden Merklen Brothers Chair
This Merklen chair (my attribution) is buried under a "Gothic Revival" description with no mention of either Hunzinger or Merklen and is posted with an expected range of $250-$350. Considering the last nice Merklen chair
Exceptional Merklen Chair Sold - $3,250
This incredible Merklen chair, for which you can see an identical twin represented in the print copy of Paul Tucker's article in "The Magazine Antiques", sold today for $3,250. It was incorrectly marked as a Hunzinger wi
George C. Flint Spiral Turned 1890s Rocker
Rockers aren't exactly sexy so I don't generally post about them but this one is important for historical reference. There are too few labeled Victorian pieces out there to give us an historic record of who made what. Th
Merklen Parlor Table
Sometimes we get presented an opportunity to trade up on our furniture collection and this weekend I had that opportunity. "Trade Up" is the phase when "Add" is no longer a possibility due to space. While perusing one of
George Hunzinger Patent 1866 Folding Chair
Up at auction is a George Hunzinger stamped chair, patented in 1866. This chair design is depicted on page 51 of "The Furniture of George Hunzinger, Invention and Innovation in Nineteenth-Century America" by Barry Harwoo