This stand is a rare form of Old Hickory that was made in the 1930s within a line of pine and hickory furniture that was not produced for as long as other Old Hickory designs.
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Families typically lead leisure lifestyles in their vacation homes, and furnish them accordingly. So furniture such as game tables that may seem outdated in modern homes still contribute function and style to rustic retreats.
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Bookends are useful, cast iron is collectible, but owls reign supreme. These owls are an uncommon, mint pair of bookends made by Albany Foundry circa 1925.
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Seeing Snowy Owls up close, in daylight, in the wild is a fantastic experience that could easily inspire one to become a collector of antique owl artifacts.
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This sturdy and comfortable lounging chair is a form of Old Hickory furniture that rarely comes on the market.
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Room layout design tools, as well as augmented reality software, can be useful tools for virtually placing furniture in a room before making a purchase.
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This 6’ long early 20th century Abnaki birch bark canoe is an unusually large size for a scale model, so draws positive attention as a component of rustic room decor.
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Here is a review of an online tool we tried out to see if could help buyers who want to figure out if a piece of antique furniture will fit in their room before they purchase it.
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This mid-19th century Mik’maq quillwork seat panel is not only an excellent example of the form, it also carries the provenance of a distinguished British collector.
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An off-the-grid vacation inspired our musings on rustic architecture in a majestic setting.
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These ornate early 20th-century Eastern Cree snow shoes have three classic types of decoration: pulled warp, wool tufts and colorful paint.
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Even though rustic resorts of the late 1800s to early 1900s were in remote locations, they offered their affluent guests all the comforts of an upper-class home, including sumptuous meals.
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The Native American game of snow snakes is centuries old, but is still enjoyed by tribes living in regions with snowy winters where they use snow snakes much like these antique versions.
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What makes us “love” an antique? We contemplate this question with help from a psychologist’s book on the concept of emotional design.
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This multi-color, hand-painted, wooden sign dates from the 1920s and was made to beckon early automobile travelers towards a lodging house.
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Rustic architecture from the late 1880s into the 1900s is still highly valued, preserved and enjoyed at an historic summer colony in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
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Functional garden ornaments such as fences, gazebos and obelisks, have been made from bark-on wood in geometric rustic motifs for over a century.
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In the late 1800s, women of leisure were enjoying the freedom to pursue genteel sporting activities such as canoeing. These same women popularized fabric lithographs like this one, which were often made into pillows that celebrated their outdoorsy pursuits.
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