Thonet child’s chair, beechwood and cane, Vienna, circa 1900. Width: 15-1/2″ Depth: 18″ Height: 27″ Burke’s Antiques. With summer home decoration in full swing, we thought we’d take a look at our galleries’ fantastic collection of antique and vintage seating furniture. Taken together, it’s a fascinating picture of the opulent, playful, daring ways to […]
Airplane Figure with Six Places for Cigars, silverplate, America, 1960s. 14″ x 8″ Sooky Goodfriend Gallery. Father’s Day is coming up Sunday, June 15, but it’s hard to deny that men get the short end of the stick when it comes to parental celebrations. Following Mother’s Day both in the calendar year and in its […]
This June, Kaminski Auctions, Gallery #28 at The Manhattan Art & Antique Center, presents a broad selection of impressive items, from important paintings, to fine estate jewelry, a large collection of chintz, and collectable dolls at their Massachusetts location. One of the stars of the auction is sure to be A. T. Hibbard’s painting “Down […]
The only gem born of a living creature, the June birthstone pearl has been valued since antiquity. It’s easy to understand the fascination people have always felt for this most elegant of gemstones originating in the humblest of places. As many know, the pearl is found in the shells of mollusks but you may not […]
The height of summer is upon us, which means wedding bells are ringing all over the country–and Father’s Day is just around the corner! See some of our favorite antiques and objects of art for brides & dads here. The Manhattan Art & Antiques Center is located at 1050 Second Avenue at 56th Street, New […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE… HEMINGWAY SHOWCASES NEW COLLECTION OF SHONA SCULPTURE Hemingway African Gallery, importers of fine African sculpture and artifacts at The Manhattan Art & Antiques Center, is showcasing a new and exciting collection of Shona sculpture. Brian Gaisford, gallery owner and original tenant of The Center, has been at this location, since its inception […]
Floral “Firework” Paperweight with Three Flowers, glass, 20th century. Michael’s Antiques. This week in our NEW Vintage & Antique Finds series, highlighting our favorite NEW additions to our vintage & antiques online catalog, we present these enchanting vintage floral paperweights from Michael’s Antiques. It’s likely that the first paperweights appeared alongside paper in ancient Egypt […]
In early-18th century Europe, porcelain was “a rare luxury item.” Tsar Peter the Great imported costly porcelain items from Western Europe for his personal use, and dreamed of establishing porcelain production in his own land of Russia–a dream finally realized during the reign of his daughter, Empress Elizabeth. Today, porcelain from the Imperial Porcelain Factory […]
Newly added to our online catalog is this fantastic architectural Cityscape Coffee Table by Paul Evans (1931-1987), renowned modernist sculptor and designer. The “first comprehensive survey of Paul Evans’s work,” documenting his seminal role in the mid-century studio furniture movement, Paul Evans: Crossing Boundaries and Crafting Modernism, is on view at the Michener Art Museum […]
Large porcelain Tian Qiu vase, decorated with a continuous landscape, China, Republican period. Dragon Treasures Antique Ltd. In honor of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, we present some of our favorite antiques and objects of Asian art curated from our galleries. We highlight a wide range of antique to contemporary Asian art here but there are […]