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CONTACT ERIC MILLER
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LOCAL ANTIQUES DEALER SHEDS LIGHT ON DELAWARE
CABINETMAKERS
REHOBOTH BEACH, DE, JUNE 8, 2009—Like most regions in the
American Colonies, Delaware had its own cabinetmakers. Today several
museums in the state display examples of furniture produced in
Delaware and occasionally new pieces surface at antique shows.
Gary Manlove, owner of Manlove’s Choice Antiques of Greenwood, Delaware has spent time in local museums studying Delaware cabinetmakers and even had the benefit of seeing a piece by a cabinetmaker named James McDowell disassembled.
“I’ve worked on a couple of McDowell’s pieces, and put one back
together,” Manlove explains. “The opportunity provided real insight into
how he worked. That insight can help in identifying other pieces.
“You also can tell a McDowell piece by its style,” Manlove adds. “He
incorporated sheared corners, line inlay and often French-style feet.”
James McDowell established his business in Duck Creek (now Symerna) in 1785. He died in 1838. One example is a sideboard signed by McDowell first on display at the Wilmington Society of Fine Arts
(Delaware Art Museum) in 1950.
Manlove has also spent time at the Reed House in New Castle, part of the Delaware Historical Society and the Biggs Museum in Dover, Delaware studying other examples of work by Delaware cabinetmakers.
Other prominent Delaware cabinetmakers include John JanVier and
Thomas Stevenson, who worked with McDowell before relocating to
Dover.
“JanVier was the foremost Cabinetmaker in Delaware,” Manlove says.
“He built clock cases, chests and chairs.”
Manlove will be one of the dealers displaying at the All Saints’ Antiques
Show in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware July 29-August 1, 2009 at the
Rehoboth Beach Convention Center.
Tickets to the July 29 preview party (6 p.m.- 8 p.m.) are $30, which
offers unlimited attendance over the three-day show. The show will be
open to the public from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Thursday, July 30 and Friday,
July 31 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, August 1. Admission is $7. More
information is available at www.rehobothantiques.com.
The show’s sponsor, All Saints' Church, is the only church in Rehoboth
Beach on its original site and maintaining its original design. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places it was constructed in the 1890s to meet the needs of a growing number of Episcopalians migrating to the area.
Melrose & Duddy bring 25 years of antiques show experience to the All
Saints’ show and have successfully managed antiques shows since 2007.
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