American primitive

Gathering beloved objects and collectibles together in artistic vignettes makes a house a home. Sometimes one can try to be decorative but feel like their placement efforts just look like a bunch of stuff stuck on a desk or table top. How do the professionals make everything look so attractive? How do they make things […]

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Antique 19th C. Primitive Pine wood lift top dry sink washstand commode cabinet. Item features serpentine lift top lid, solid pine wood frame, beautiful wood grain, distressed finish, 1 swing door, 1 dovetailed drawer, very nice antique item, quality American craftsmanship. Circa 19th century. Measurements: 31" H x 29.5" W x 18" D.

Text by Holly Seng

January 16, 2017Two decades ago, when legendary Manhattan-based interior designer Robert Couturier, a native Parisian, met his now-husband, the Connecticut-born historic preservationist Jeffrey Morgan, their tastes were poles apart. “I didn’t know much about American decorative arts,” says Couturier, famed for creating grand-scale, lavishly decorated interiors on four continents. “Jeffrey said he wanted to show […]

A family-run show in Jonesboro, Ind., celebrates American primitive antiques.

There’s a lot of folklore surrounding the first Thanksgiving, and plenty of lively debate. When did it actually occur? Was this meeting with the Wampanoags truly amicable? Did they really eat turkey? Despite, or perhaps because of, this murky history, we continue to be fascinated with the Pilgrims and life in 17th-century America. While we all learned about the Mayflower, the Pilgrims, and that first Thanksgiving way back in elementary school, what do we really know about the day-to-day…

Christie’s Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Silver, taking place in New York on January 24th, 2020, is the cornerstone of Christie’s Americana Week. The significant Folk Art selection includes a magnificent Peaceable Kingdom by Edward Hicks, portraits by Joshua Johnson, and cigar store figures from the Dubnoff Collection. The important furniture offerings include the Collection of Ralph and Bobbie Carpenter and a stellar Newport Queen Anne mahogany high chest-of-drawers. The sale…

Please join us for three days of period furniture, pewter, glass, American and European stoneware, redware, fine art, folk art, outsider art, gothic candlesticks, and so much more.