How To Identify Rj Horner Furniture
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How to identify rj horner furniture. At chairish home of the best vintage and used furniture decor and art. Set of six rj horner carved oak t back upholstered dining chairs circa 1900. A little more difficult to identify are companies that were at one time a manufacturer but became a retailer or department store. And quality detailed carvings of winged griffins winged maidens rat tail maidens man of the mountain and gadrooning.
Can you help identify and price it. The label says r j. One such example is the firm of flint and horner. A set of 6 dining room chairs by r.
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Flint was a mid 19th century cabinetmaker whose business was acquired by r j. 1870s primitive antique 995 00 1870s primitive antique school post office all wood kitchen cupboard work table. Sofa and armchair have excellent pierced swirling filigree carved crests with seashell center continuous arms which are scrolled at the ends over full seated winged griffins acanthus leaf carved arms with oversized claw feet. Throughout the 1890s r j.
I inherited several pieces of bedroom furniture labeled with that name. In new york city in 1886. Good sources of identification to determine if the piece was made by r j. Beautiful rj horner furniture for sale.
Browse our huge selection and make an offer today. This furniture was inspired by the great success of the japanese display at the 1876 centennial exposition in philadelphia. Alexandre roux a french immigrant made plain and artistic furniture with simple rounded edges and brass beading trim that gracefully curved the outlines of pieces that he created. I am thinking this might be a rj horner carved oak lions head chair but i h.
Horner around the turn of the 20th century. They have a very large collection of rj horner furniture ready for sale today. Horner co furniture makers 61 63 65 west 23d st n y can the furniture be dated by the label. Horner advertised imitation bamboo furniture made of maple stained a yellowish tone.
I am thinking this might be a rj horner carved oak lions head chair but i have no way of knowing. Horner opened a furniture shop on west 23rd st. Your bedroom furniture was made between 1886 and about 1914. Flint and horner became a well known maker of early depression era furniture but sometime later it ceased manufacturing and became a broad based retailer in new york.
The matching sidechair has a shell and. By guest 4 years ago on identify antique furniture.