FURNITURE
Nearly every Florida estate contains antique furniture-and in many cases, it represents one of the most significant sources of hidden value. Museum-quality and historically important furniture has repeatedly achieved extraordinary results at auction: the Badminton Cabinet sold for $37 million, the Dragon Chair for $28 million, a Pietra Dura cabinet for $24 million, the Wooton Desk for $12 million, and an 18th-century secretary for $11 million. Beyond these headline sales, there are countless documented results in the $1-10 million range, and an even broader market of important pieces selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
This depth of value makes antique furniture a category where professional authentication, scholarly attribution, and accurate valuation are essential. Properly identified furniture can materially affect estate planning and insurance, and-when we handle the sale-generate substantial returns.
We authenticate, appraise, and broker antique furniture across all major traditions, periods, and regional schools, including:
Cabinetmakers & Traditions
- Master cabinetmakers and workshop attributions
- Painted, carved, inlaid, pietra dura, horn, metal, and stone-mounted furniture
- William & Mary, Queen Anne, Chippendale
- Federal, Sheraton, Hepplewhite
- Pennsylvania Dutch, Empire, Shaker
- Adirondack, Victorian, Arts & Crafts
- Mid-Century Modern
- Tudor, Jacobean, Carolean, Georgian, Edwardian
- Campaign furniture
- Scandinavian antique furniture
- Medieval, Renaissance
- Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Régence
- Louis XV, Louis XVI
- Empire, Napoleon III
- Art Nouveau, Art Deco
- Gothic, Renaissance
- Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassical
- Pietra Dura
- Medieval, Renaissance
- Baroque, Rococo, Classicism, Zopfstil
- Empire, Biedermeier, Gründerzeit
- Art Nouveau
- Spanish: Mozarabic, Plateresque, Frailero, Herrerian, Churrigueresque, Romantic
- Portuguese Colonial furniture, including Brazil
Latin American & Creole
- Brazilian Colonial and Brazilian Mid-Century Modern (Classic & Avant-Garde)
- Mexican furniture (Oaxaca, Chihuahua, Equipale)
- Creole and Spanish Colonial traditions
- Chinese antique furniture (Beijing, Guangzhou, Suzhou, Shanghai; Baroque & Rococo influences)
- Japanese furniture: Tansu, Katanadansu, Zaisu, tea tables, Shoji
- Korean furniture: Bandaji, Jang, Morijang, Ich'ung Jang, Soban
- Mughal
- Anglo-Indian
- Goanese
- Rajasthani painted furniture
- Russian Empire
- Russian Eclectic (1825-1850)
- Tula metal furniture
- Stone furniture using malachite, agate, jasper, and lapis
