Field guide · 8 min
How to identify authentic vintage furniture
Six checks that take ninety seconds and settle most arguments, starting underneath the drawer.
Vintage & collectible design
Every piece here has already
outlived one lifetime.
Mid-century, Art Deco and postmodern furniture. Sourced by hand, researched properly, restored only where it needs it. The whole floor is on one page.
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This month's
standout pieces
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Sig De Tonancour
Monumental signed wood sculpture · 1984 · $8,500
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Our habit
We'd rather have
one good thing
Most of what passes for “vintage” is just old. The difference is in the joinery, the veneer match, the label under the drawer, and in whether anyone bothered to look.
Every piece on this site was inspected in person before it was bought. We photograph the flaws alongside the highlights, name the maker when the evidence supports it, and say “attributed to” when it doesn't. If a drawer sticks, that's in the description.
Restoration is deliberate and reversible where possible. A cerused oak credenza gets its grain re-packed, not a coat of paint. Original hardware stays original.
How we source and restoreWhat you get
01
Seen in person
Nothing is bought from a photograph. Condition notes come from hands on the piece, not a listing.
02
Named or attributed
Maker, era and materials are stated plainly. Where attribution is a judgment call, we say so.
03
Blanket-wrap delivery
Crated and shipped by furniture specialists, not parcel carriers. Local delivery and placement available.
04
Trade terms
Designers and dealers get preferential pricing, holds, and first look at pieces before they're listed.
“A credenza built in 1962 was made by someone who expected it to outlast them. That's not nostalgia. It's just a different set of instructions.”
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Sold pieces stay in the catalogue. It's the clearest record of what we handle, and it's how you tell us what to look for next.
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Come see it in the light it was made for.
The showroom is open by appointment so you get the room, and us, to yourself. Tell us what you're hunting and we'll pull it out front.