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A Lacquer Penwork Center Table With A Unique ‘Mission’Carlton Hobbs LLC All of the elements decorating this unique white lacquer and penwork center table cum firescreen are taken from different volumes of the Church Missionary Society’s…

May 23 2018, 10:12am | Comments »
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The Greatest Game In The World – ‘His Move’Carlton Hobbs LLC The images decorating this interesting games table are drawn using pyrography (or pyrogravure), the process of creating a design with a heated metal implement or…

September 20 2017, 10:50am | Comments »
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The French Reincarnation of an Ancient Egyptian FootstoolCarlton Hobbs LLC This pair of stools takes as its direct prototype an ancient Egyptian footstool from the Late Period (664-332 BC), in the collection of the Musée…

March 16 2017, 2:39pm | Comments »
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The ‘Ins & Outs’ of a Pair of Regency Gentlemen’s Club TablesThis impressive pair of tables formerly stood in the grand Palladian mansion at 94 Piccadilly, London, originally known as Egremont House (figure 1). The house was built in 1761…

November 14 2016, 11:25am | Comments »
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Carlton Hobbs Exhibiting at the 35th Annual San Francisco Fall Art & Antiques ShowWe are delighted to be participating once again in the San Francisco Fall Art & Antiques Show, this year celebrating its 35th anniversary. The fair will be held…

October 25 2016, 3:47pm | Comments »
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The Entry At Carlton HobbsWith autumn quickly approaching here in New York City, we are making some seasonal improvements to our gallery. Today we planted new rhododendron and four thuja trees in…

September 12 2016, 5:00pm | Comments »
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Many Pieces Making an Extraordinary Whole Carlton Hobbs LLC. This extraordinary mahogany George III birdcage tripod table top is set with a decorative scheme employing Chinese and Japanese ceramic fragments and mother of…

August 25 2016, 11:53am | Comments »
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‘Tis the Season for “Summer House” SeatingCarlton Hobbs LLC This set of eight “summer house” chairs, in the manner of Robert Manwaring, is a very rare survival of eighteenth century “rustic” or “forest” furniture, that…

June 29 2016, 4:08pm | Comments »
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Knife Boxes A Cut Above the RestThis remarkable pair of mahogany knife boxes are of a highly unusual globular form, in the manner of Philadelphia cabinetmaker David Sackriter. Carlton Hobbs LLC. One of a…

April 22 2016, 9:39am | Comments »