My interpretation of the Freeman Ford serving table, designed by Greene and Greene in 1908, made of sapele, with ebony plugs and splines. Curved aprons and rails with cloud lifts are a departure from the Greenes' design.
When I went to my brother's house is Maine this summer, I noticed his address sign was just some cheap numbers on a piece of 2x6. He has a beautiful lodge style house, and I thought that it deserved a better sign. This was a picture frame plan that I enlarged to about 13" x 13". Mahogany with...
I know I usually post great deals and for someone, somewhere, these may be great deals because they are one of a kind types of things. I know most, if not all of us can't afford them but take 5 minutes and flip through the lots at this upcoming auction at Sotheby's of important 20th Century...
This thing is pretty maxed out.
But it should be at approx $1300/sqft.
Maybe the only thing missing is a Blacker house porte cochere
Stained glass
Huge timbers
Massive Gamble quality stairway & entrance
River stone and clinker brick
Pegged, splined, fumed, and waxed millwork...
Here are a few photos of a Greene and Greene style sideboard that I recently completed. It is 88"W x 36"H x 18"D. It is my own design, inspired by several different G&G sideboards. Total labor came to about 240 hours. The body of the top is bookmatched quartersawn sapele. The panels in the doors...