American Bloomsbury Antiques & Design

04/13/2024

Just in…

An American, c1890 Aesthetic Period brass fireplace tool set. Complete and simply the best I’ve ever sourced. The original tile in the base is by Kensington.

Coming soon to Chairish.

06/20/2023

Pleased to see the completed restoration of the Louis Sullivan drinking fountain I sold to MET in 2018. Hopefully it will go on permanent view soon in the Charles Englehard Court.

Marking: The bottom of the base is marked with the numbers “2816”, which refers to the design number of the piece when it was manufactured by the American Terra Cotta Company in Terra Cotta (now Crystal Lake,) Illinois

03/21/2023

Just in! A trio of 1970s brutalist brass candleholders by Thomas Roy Markusen. Tallest measuring 22.5” high. DM with interest.

05/18/2022

Coming soon to my CHAIRISH page. A mid-1960s Lucite and Chrome "Metric" Line etagere designed by Charles Hollis Jones for Hudson Rissman.

DIMENSIONS

34.25ʺW × 18ʺD × 91ʺH

11/23/2021

Pleased to announce the sale of a rare pair of Cowan bookends to the Art Institute of Chicago.

Albert Drexler Jacobson, c. 1929

02/23/2021

Coming soon to my Chairish page. A rare pair of early 1950s enameled glass lamps inspired by the Upper East Side by Maurice Heaton for Lightolier.

12/31/2020

I believe I've discovered the identity of America's First Santa Claus. The earliest documented person to don the iconic suit.

The modern look of Santa Claus was originally modeled after ex-Fishkill dignitary Gulian Verplanck, says one art expert. Fact, fiction or folklore?

12/04/2020

An absolutely amazing and massive 1970s Italian murano millefiore paperweight attributed to Fratelli Toso. Condition is mint.

10/26/2020

Just added to my Chairish page.

A very cool pair of 1950s double cone spun aluminum sconces by Litecraft. Both sconces feature their original labels and wiring. These sconces were removed from the interior of a now-closed famed tile business named WORLD OF TILE in Springfield, NJ.

05/07/2020

Just added to my Chairish page...

A wonderful pair of c1880 English brass 2-candle wall sconces in the manner of Christopher Dresser. The incredibly modern design of these sconces will work well with both period antiques and 20th-century design pieces.

05/01/2020

Just added to my CHAIRISH page.

A wonderful pair of c1880 English brass 2-candle wall sconces in the manner of Christopher Dresser. The incredibly modern design of these sconces will work well with both period antiques and 20th-century design pieces.