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Michael James Chappell was a featured speaking during at the D & D Building's Fall Market on October 18, 2005, along with famed interior designer David Easton. The following is a condensed version of Mr. Chappell's remarks, along with images of pieces used during his presentation. All the pieces are from the stock of Chappell & McCullar.
This will be pretty brief as I want to have plenty of time for discussion with the other panelists and all of you.
I'm certainly in awe of those up here and with our three years in business, most of these people have probably forgot more than I'll ever know.
But what I'm going to do is discuss living with antiques within a context of how my business, selling antique furniture, has developed in response to how our clients seem to be living with antiques.
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George III armchairs circa 1800 |
First, the ubiquitous pair of pull up armchairs. That pairs of chairs are what people want to live with, or |
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A single chair. What sort of surprised me is we have more people interested in a single armchair than in pairs. What is a constant, though, is the desire to have an object that is at once distinctive but yet with sufficient design integrity that it strikes a responsive chord, even from beginning collectors. |
George III chair of Hepplewhite design, circa 1780 |
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George III painted and gilt sofa in the Hepplewhite taste, circa 1780 |
I know that you can't see this as a place to watch TV or put your feet up, but it is comfortable. And durable. That is sort of a watchword for us- yes, a lot of what we have is made for display, but a functional piece, a piece of seating furniture, should be suitable for everyday use. And comfortable.
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And then there's display. Ever since we sold this I've been trying to buy it back from the client. The Alicante marble on top is probably not original to the piece but it articulates wonderfully. |
George II gilt console table circa 1740 |
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pair of George III giltwood pier tables with satinwood tops circa 1785 |
And then there's what I always call adaptive uses. These pier tables would have been originally paired with a two mirrors of equal magnificence and greater scale. |
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