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Located in historic New Hope, Pennsylvania,
our exclusive collection includes rare and exquisite furniture
from both the 19th and 20th centuries. Treasured pieces
from John Henry Belter, J. & J. Meeks, R. J. Horner,
Alexander Roux, the Herter Brothers, Thomas Brooks, and
Daniel Pabst make up our collection of Gothic, Renaissance,
and Victorian Rococo furniture. Our timeless collection
is rounded out by both Royal Dux and Meissen Porcelain,
and French, American, and European clocks.
If you don't find what you're looking for, please contact
us! Our online inventory is limited--we have much more
than what you see on the web. Please either call us at
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Victorian
Furniture (19th & 20th Century, 1837 – 1901)
This is the period when American
Furniture Makers such as Belter, Meeks, Horner, Brooks,
Herter Brothers, Roux, Pabst and Henkels came into prominence.
Striving to embody classical perfection these artisans
utilized components that had been funneled through 15th & 16th
Century Italy . Hence the style is one that incorporated
both ancient Greek and Italian Renaissance characteristics.
The results are unusual hybrids, coupling elements such
as Corinthian colonettes or caryatids with unusual partners
like detailed dental work and petite pediments. These
innovative interpretations of old trends created unique
masterpieces that represent the very essence of American
culture. During this time period, Rococo was the predominate
style used with cabriole legs, S-and-C scrolls, and the
naturalistic carvings of fruit, birds, flowers, and human
busts.
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Victorian Furniture collection >>
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European Furniture (1830-1890)
Superbly
crafted armoires, buffets, tables, side boards, chests,
chairs and more make up our collection of Renaissance and
Rococo furniture. These finely crafted pieces slowly emerged
from fine walnut, rare rosewood, glowing chestnut and timeless
oak, bound for estates, castles and manor houses were found
in the secluded villages of Germany , Italy , Switzerland and
France.
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European Furniture collection >>
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Gothic Furniture
(1830-1890)
Gothic
Furniture took on the same embellishments as the dominant
structures of the 17th and 18th Centuries. The magnificent
cathedrals, with their tapering spirals reaching toward
the heavens, their pointed arches, quatrefoils and trefoils,
finials, flying buttresses and cluster columns. The Church
and Nobility commissioned the furniture of the era; it
was not made for the common man and woman.
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Gothic Furniture collection >>
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American Furniture (1830-1890)
The
mid to late 1800’s produced some of the greatest
craftsmen of American furniture this country has ever known.
Of significant renown are the works of 19 th century craftsmen
John Henry Belter, J. & J. Meeks, R. J. Horner, Alexander
Roux, Herter Brothers, Thomas Brooks, Daniel Pabst, John
Jeliff and George Henkels.
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American Furniture collection >>
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Clocks
Since their invention,
clocks have sustained a constant evolution thanks to technology
and changes in fashion. Historically considered furniture,
clocks reflect the interior design of the societies responsible
for their production. Hence, the history of French clocks
is also the history of French furniture. American and European
clocks and clock sets are available at Lyons Antiques.
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Clock collection >>
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Bronzes (19th and 20th Century)
Our
timeless collection of carefully selected bronze 19th & 20th
Century pieces from Europe , and America features Oscar
Bach and others.
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Bronze collection >>
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Miscellaneous Collection
- Royal Dux Porcelain
Royal Dux Porcelain from Duchcov
in Bohemia in 1860 ( Czechoslovakia ), specializing in
matt ivory and bronze finishes. Best known for their
work in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles.
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Royal Dux Porcelain collection >>
- Meissen Porcelain
The Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen
was founded in 1710 in the late Gothic Albrechtburg-castle.
It was the first porcelain manufactory in Europe
A name which says everything, about which much can be said.
A concept with which we have associated exclusivity, style and flawless
form - for centuries. The porcelain with the crossed blue swords on a
white background has become the symbol of luxurious savoirvivre.
When Augustus II the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland
(1670 - 1733) protected the - unsuccessful - goldsmith Johann Friedrich
Boettger from the Prussians pursuing him, the extraordinary story of
Meissen porcelain began. The protection of the passionate collector of
Chinese and Japanese porcelain, the encounter of Boettger with the scholar
Tschirnhaus and also the artistic influence of the form designer J. J.
Kaendler and the painter J. J. Hoeroldt in the first half of the 18th
century formed the unique constellation which led to what is considered
the birth of European porcelain-making. The mingling of know-how, experience
and passion for the "material" known as porcelain has defined
the character of Meissen 's porcelain over the centuries to the present
day.
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Meissen Porcelain collection>>
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