Gilded Age Furniture & Decorative Arts

10/16/2025

A masterpiece of Art Deco elegance

This exquisite chair, designed by Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, captures the essence of refined craftsmanship and timeless luxury. With its sculpted lines, exotic wood grain, and graceful proportions, it reflects Ruhlmann’s belief that furniture should be “made like jewels.”

A true symbol of the 1920s Parisian aesthetic — where sophistication met modernity — this piece reminds us why Ruhlmann remains the undisputed master of Art Deco design.

10/15/2025

Once owned by the Vanderbilts, this exceptional and rare Dresser was made with Louis 15th shape with Louis 16th Bronzes has just arrived on the Market in Paris.

10/15/2025

Where are you going to put this?

10/13/2025

Not many Guilded Age homes had Empire Furniture like this. (This desk is currently available in the Paris Flea Market).

10/12/2025

The most famous Guilded Age s*x chair,

Do you know who it was made for?

Hint: 👑

10/03/2025

This is not Child’s play!

This is not Guilded Age furniture for dolls . These are craftsmens models from your local Parisian craftsman. These were to show you the quality and design of what your could purchase in full size or order a custom piece.

FYI, furniture is not signed in France because the were proud of their creations, the only reason furniture was signed in France was because it proved the craftsman paid his tax.

Some clients even paid more money to the French government so the furniture would not be signed. They did not want their visitors to see who made it and have their craftsman working for someone who wanted the same piece in their homes.

06/14/2025

The Gilded Age Dog house. How many dogs do you think can fit in the Dog House

03/08/2025

Collecting Gilded Age Dinnerware- this collection represents more than 30 years of collecting “Flore” . More than 400 pieces. The cabinet underneath is full .

03/05/2025

If you ever wounder where all the Gilded Age antiques come from or where to find them for the best price possible?

Well this is photos of a “professional only” antiques fair in Chartres, France ... it actually one if the best places to buy these types of pieces.

If you want to know how to organize this type of buying trip. Let me know, I have been doing this since 1989, when I worked for Ralph Lauren, and lived in Paris for 33 years.

02/21/2025

Gilded Age “Reading Station” by Charles Hindley & Co., London, с. 1890

01/13/2025

Built at the dawn of the Guilded Ages, this is an exceptional model of an 1860’s American hand crafted pre-mass production bookcase secretary showcase. This would have been made for the rising elite for their Guilded age town house or mansion.

12/07/2024

Nobody has ever matched the imaginatively, quality and style of French master Cabinet maker Jean Henri Riesener.

In the Gilded Age this was highly desirable antique that only a few were smart enough to acquire them. The best of the best.

Jean-Henri Riesener was a master of cabinetry in 18th-century France. This is one of his greatest masterpieces, the Comte de Provence jewel cabinet. It was made by Riesener for Marie-Joséphine-Louise of Savoy though it later passed through the hands of George IV who bought it at auction with the intention of displaying it in Windsor Castle.

Jean-Henri Riesener, Jewel Cabinet, Oak, mahogany, gilt bronze, 1787,

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