Created during the art deco period, this glass and tubular steel side table was intended to satisfy the needs of bedtime snackers, such as designer Eileen Gray’s sister who was rumored to love eating in bed. Now regarded as one of the greatest influences on modernism and art deco, Gray designed luxurious furniture with [...]

Inspired by a folding chair used by British officers in India, designer Marcel Breuer decided to reinvent the colonial chair using steel tubes and leather. The choice of materials was revolutionary at the time, as were the methods of manufacturing the chair. Now a design classic, the Wassily chair has remained a popular choice [...]

Almost always equipped with two doors, the armoire was originally used to store arms and armor way back when, though the modern-day armoire is more likely to house cashmere sweaters and fancy media centers than chain mail and Medieval swords. Based on Fred Astaire’s glamorous, suave style from the 1940s, this four-door armoire from [...]

First appearing in 1939 and designed by Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi, this low, wood-based table with a curvaceous glass top fuses function with art. Throughout his life, Noguchi strove to create biomorphic sculptural pieces that were aesthetically pleasing as well as serviceable. Due to the simple yet alluring nature of his designs, Noguchi’s pieces [...]

Created for the 1929 Salon d’Automne by architect Charles-Edouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier), pieces from this line, including the Gran Confort chair, became the hallmark of French modern design. With plush leather pillows encased in a rigid metal frame, the Gran Confort chair is a juxtaposition of maximum comfort using minimal materials. Due to the [...]

Originally designed by Mies Van der Rohe, the Barcelona chair first appeared during the modernist period in 1929, and quickly gained a reputation as a chair fit for kings. Simple and linear, everything about the cleanly designed Barcelona chair is still modern by today’s standards. With its stainless-steel frame and buttery hand-sewn leather, this [...]

Kevin O’Connor, President and CEO of Samson Marketing (Holding Company of LacquerCraft Marketing Companies – Universal and Legacy Classic Furniture) announced the following reorganizational changes effective immediately:
Richard Mihalik, V.P. of Operations at Legacy Classic, will become V.P. of Operations for Samson Marketing. In his new role, Richard will strategically oversee the Warehousing and Quality Control [...]

An unusual piece of furniture, a liquor cabinet, consigned by the family of noted American sculptor Paul Manship will be on the auction block at Sotheby’s December 15 “American Renaissance” sale. According to Rebecca Reynolds, an American sculpture curator, formerly at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and a friend of the Manship family, [...]

Finding that special gift for the antique furniture hunter and collector on a gift list just got easier with the announcement by Fred Taylor that he is offering a Holiday Special on the combined purchase of his book “How to be a Furniture Detective” And His Video “Identification of Older & Antique Furniture.”
Known around the [...]

CEDARBURG - She decided it was time to focus on her dream job. So, Cynthia Muzzy took her business background in diamond sales and her love of antique furniture and created Bryna’s in the Washington Avenue Shops Mall in Cedarburg.
“I wanted to wake up in the morning and be happy to go to work,” said [...]