Our "Deal of The Week" highlights a Flat Screen television cabinet by French manufacturer Grange. It is item number 2131-1 in our inventory. Grange Furniture, though beautiful, can be very expensive. This Television unit would be priced in the $4,000 - $6,000 range if purchased new. The best way to buy a piece of Grange furniture is on consignment, because then it becomes affordable. In the case of this particular piece of furniture, it is just as much about the great functionality as it is about owning a piece of Grange furniture. This unit has elements of French Deco design and has a diagonal opening of 65" so it can hold a 50" - 60" flat screen television. It is uniquely designed so that the front panels flip up or in for extra storage for DVDs, video games, and components. The back is cut out, but look beyond that as your flatscreen will cover the opening. This is a wonderfully functional and attractive piece and is a true bargain at $799. This is a great alternative to the many flimsy flat screen television stands in the marketplace.
This week's Furniture Spotlight features an antique carved mahogany Queen Anne sofa with rolled arms, circa 1870-1890. This is a very solid sofa as the bones within it are extraordinary. It has a lot of hand carving and the wood is crotch mahogany. It has had some repair work which is typical of apiece of it's age with delicate carvings, but the repair work is well done so only a trained eye would notice. It has likely been reupholstered several times and could be reupholstered again. This is sofa is $2,250 and would go beautifully in an antique home, a Victorian or Boston Tudor.
This week we were fortunate to bring in furniture from a combination of three luxury spec homes in Ballymeade Country Club in East Famlouth Massachusetts. The builder did a factory direct deal with Bassett Furniture and therefore there are a lot of Bassett furniture pieces in this collection. Basset is a company that is 99% American Made. In fact they were featured in ABC's made in America feature special. You can view our blog and our thoughts on the ABC piece along with our original video blog on the Vaughn Basset product.
There are plenty of great deal's in this week's furniture list.
Our focus this week is on Bent Bros. which was the fourth oldest New England Furniture manufacturer. They didn't just make chairs, but that was their specialty. They worked mostly with solid maple woods and their most popular creations are the solid maple Windsor chairs which we have in our inventory. These chairs were made in the 1960s and they are as solid as they were the day they were purchased. They are made from all solid woods, are hand planed, glued, screwed and joined in all of the right ways. These chairs should outlive generations and they still look great.
Sadly, many of these wonderful manufacturers of chairs have struggled to the point of having to close their doors. Recently in New England we have lost Hitchcock Chair Co., Nichols and Stone and others. Imports have arrived such as the Hooker dining table and chairs that we also have in our inventory. These imports have a more updated design, an appealing finish and are very attractive. The chair made by Hooker which is imported from China appears to be very solid and sturdy as well. But when we examine the chair closer, it is supported and secured with a weak engineered wood. Held together by a hex screw, nothing is glued or joined in a proper way. In fact, this chair was assembled from parts on its arrival to the original retailer's warehouse. What this means is that these screws will loosen and when they do, the chair will have play in it. When the chair rocks back and forth from this play, the engineered wood won't be strong enough to support the weight of an individual's shifting weight. The connecting wood at the corners of the chair could crack and the engineered wood is difficult to repair.
The, new, imported chairs have cut corners and prices and they have challenged the mettle of America's best chair companies. Bent Bros is no longer producing chairs, but these featured chairs will carry on for generations. The imported chairs may hold together for five to ten years. That is a drastic difference. If these Bent Bros. chairs were manufactured today, they would retail for between $500 - $700 each. This set of eight chairs is priced for $1,499.
Our Furniture Spotlight Deal of the Week is this Drexel Heritage Queen Anne Cherry Dining Table. What we love about this table is it's ability to go from a very small 42" oval table to an 82" Dining table that can easily entertain eight hungry people. This is perfect for someone who has a small living space, but on occasion will entertain a larger group.
Drexel Heritage does a very nice job of adding subtle carvings to basic styles that differentiate it from their competition. On this particular table, it has a little carve marks at the top of the leg. This carving is subtle, yet elegant and it makes it more upscale than an Ethan Allen or Pennsylvania House competitor from the same time period which is early 1980s. What do we like best about this table? The price! At $450, this table is in excellent condition and it is a great deal!
This week's Furniture Spotlight Piece of the Week is a beautifully crafted and versatile Kindel Irish Georgian Society Reproduction Library Cabinet. This cabinet is an heirloom piece of furniture as it is a true reproduction. According to a Ney York Times article published in 2001, Kindel Irish Georgian reproduction pieces that are 10 years old, sell for 20% more than what somebody originally paid for it. We have since been through a recession and are not sure that statement would hold true on every piece in the collection, but it makes the point that this is a special piece of furniture. This particular piece is item number 2215-7 in our inventory. This cabinet is hand crafted and made from solid mahogany. It has many features as the front pulls out from the base and transforms the piece into a real game table. There is storage for playing pieces underneath the green felt board which is in perfect condition. There is a pop-up reading tray which can either be used as a functional place where one can sit and read, or as a display for a decorative book. When the piece is condensed to it's dormant state, it is a beautiful, simple piece of furniture. The brass hardware and beveled glass are finely crafted to flow with the rest of the piece. The piece was originally purchased for around $10,000 twenty years ago and is selling in our showroom for $5,500. If it were to be sold new today, it would sell for between $15,000 - $17,000.
It is hard to buy any kind of furniture for $400 these days. Even the discount furniture stores are more expensive than you would think. We felt this Cherry Pulaski curio cabinet is an excellent deal at $400. It is item number 2219-1in our inventory. It has glass shelves, a mirrored back, a broken pediment with a finial and opens and closes the way it should. It is a sturdy pieceof furniture that can have many uses. Storage in our homes is always at a premium and it is nice to have a piece of furniture to display things that are more important to you. Whether there are photos or memorabilia that you would like to glance at from time to time or pieces that stimulate conversation; a curio cabinet is nice to have. And at $400 you can make a nice addition to your home. It is a worthy piece to store your memories." title="http://" target="_blank">
Not only is this Crotch Mahogany Display Cabinet by Royal Furnitureour deal of the the week, but it is also one of our favorite pieces on our showroom floor. The distinct book matched veneer of the crotch mahogany has been sliced from the same piece of wood making the crotch wood grain match across the doors. The book matched veneer is outlined by a Rosewood banded inlay which borders the cabinet doors as well as the drawer below. This piece is a great deal at $810! In New York City this piece would sell for thousands of dollars. Different from our giant Piece of the Week, this cabinet is more suitable for a studio apartment or a city condo where storage is necessary, but only smaller pieces can be accommodated. This piece has adjustable shelving to hold books, china or anything else that you will need to store. This cabinet is number 48-2118 in our inventory.
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This week we shine our Furniture Spotlight on two Century Amaretto, Country House China Cabinets with arched tops. They are positioned separately in the stairway landings in our showroom because that is the only area where we can accommodate the height of these pieces. These Century Cabinets are 94" tall. They would look amazing if you have high ceilings with crown moldings and a enough room in your dining area for both of them! They have squiggled glass doors, a smoked mirrored back and are distressed throughout to appear as if they are well aged antiques. Century Furniture's progressive design work succeeded in taking a modern style and combining it with intentional distress marks to produce a piece with character. The consignor paid $7,500 each for these pieces and we are selling them for $2,900 each. At Furniture Consignment Gallery, you can purchase these two cabinets for less than the price of one; if you bought them new. These cabinets are numbers 214-4 and 214-3 in our inventory.
Our "Piece of the Week" is a Councill Craftsman 4 drawer mahogany chest with a satin banded inlay. It is item number 2211-5 in our inventory. The inlay borders the drawers and is very pronounced on the top surface where the inlay is about 2 inches wide. When we were in the residence where this piece came from, we saw it across the room and said, "that piece must be Councill!" We knew that because the high sheen finish is unique to Councill. They have the best finish and produce the best inlaid veneer work of all of the elite manufacturers. We have priced this piece at $1,899 which sounds like a lot of money, but it is much less than purchasing it new and it would bring elegance and good decor to whichever room you choose to put it in.
