One of my favorite companies to visit at Highpoint Market is Theodore Alexander. Their commitment to high quality wood furniture, both new and reproduction, is always astounding.
While their reproductions are what the company is most well known for, such as Althorp, they also produce a line designed by the Keno Brothers, of Antiques Roadshow fame. The brothers' line is inspired by the lines of mid-century modern but incorporates the high quality wood detailing that the company is so well known for. I think my favorite pieces of all though are these miniature chairs and reproductions which measure in at a mere 11" high. How great would these look lined up on a bookshelf? I suppose they bring out the child in us all!
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Those miniatures are beautiful; they would make some serious haute living for Barbie! Also, have you been watching the UK Roadshow? I don't really watch TV but if I catch it, I'm glued to that sofa !
Ann, yes -seriously haute! Why is it that UK roadshow is SO much better than the US version?? I can't get enough whereas I stopped watching the US version last year.
Gorgeous miniatures! Thank you for the link to their website, I have been browsing and admiring many of their pieces. Shame they are too big for my dollshouse!
I am also a fan of the UK Roadshow, I watch it every Sunday! My husband has started watching the US Roadshow on his computer now (we can't get American TV here in Holland). I have only seen a little of the US version, but I agree I like the UK Roadshow better. But hey, it's BBC, they make fantastic television.
PS: Just wondering, what price range are these miniature chairs and cabinets in? I am assuming since you go there in person you have had a peek at the price tags...;)
Josje -they were wholesale, not retail so I'm not sure of what the price is. For the set of traditional chairs is over 1k and the individual Keno brother's pieces are several hundred dollars each.
I just finished reading a wonderful book by the Keno Brothers, Hidden Treasures: Searching for Masterpieces of American Furniture. It's a most enjoyable account of their lives as antique collectors and dealers (from a very young age), and an equally engrossing text on great American furniture.
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