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https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/brutalist-furniture-history-of-the-style-and-how-to-identify-authentic-mid-century-pieces 2026-10-06T05:53:40-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/1970s_sculptural_wave_daybed_triple_chaise_lounge_-_tahoe_estate_provenance_cr_1970s762134111856934130457624681.png?v=1791278120 Brutalist Furniture: History of the Style and How to Identify Authentic Mid-Century Pieces 1970s sculptural wave daybed, a chunky studio-made piece in the brutalist-adjacent spirit. https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/rustic-and-adirondack-furniture-history-of-the-style-and-how-to-identify-authentic-pieces 2026-10-06T05:53:40-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/IMG_4362.jpg?v=1791278509 Rustic and Adirondack Furniture: History of the Style and How to Identify Authentic Pieces Early 20th-century open-back armchair with a preserved woven seat base, shown as a rustic cousin to Adirondack and Old Hickory seating https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/directoire-furniture-history-of-the-french-directoire-style-and-how-to-identify-authentic-pieces 2026-10-06T05:53:40-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/E69B91FA-0AFB-46B3-ADF7-79334293891E.png?v=1791278524 Directoire Furniture: History of the French Directoire Style and How to Identify Authentic Pieces Vintage Louis XVI Revival gilt wall mirror with floral urn crest and fluted frame, a stylistic relative of Directoire design https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/pilgrim-century-furniture-history-of-17th-century-american-colonial-furniture-and-how-to-identify-authentic-pieces 2026-10-06T05:53:45-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/IMG_0965.jpg?v=1791279096 Pilgrim Century Furniture: History of 17th-Century American Colonial Furniture and How to Identify Authentic Pieces Early-20th-century joined oak smoking cabinet - a much later descendant of 17th-century joined-oak construction, not a Pilgrim Century original. https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/spanish-colonial-and-spanish-revival-furniture-history-of-the-style-and-how-to-identify-authentic-pieces 2026-10-06T05:53:45-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/mid-century_spanish_revival_gesso_table_lamp_c.19401955_hand-painted_ivory_finish_with_moorish_motif772592510576935050588504169.jpg?v=1791278579 Spanish Colonial and Spanish Revival Furniture: History of the Style and How to Identify Authentic Pieces Pair of ivory gesso table lamps with a band of Moorish medallions, in the Spanish Revival taste https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/industrial-furniture-history-of-the-machine-age-style-and-how-to-identify-authentic-pieces 2026-10-06T05:53:46-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/mid-century_ingento_guillotine_paper_cutter761440367421734049729396841.png?v=1791278865 Industrial Furniture: History of the Machine-Age Style and How to Identify Authentic Pieces Mid-century Ingento guillotine paper cutter in hardwood and steel, a machine-age cousin of industrial furniture https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/waterfall-furniture-history-of-the-streamline-art-deco-style-and-how-to-identify-authentic-1930s-40s-pieces 2026-10-06T05:53:46-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/johnson_furniture_co._art_deco_waterfall_dresser_vanity_with_triple_mirror_c._1930s764967000484134361636618345.jpg?v=1791278894 Waterfall Furniture: History of the Streamline Art Deco Style and How to Identify Authentic 1930s-40s Pieces Johnson Furniture Co. Art Deco waterfall dresser vanity with triple mirror, c. 1930s https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/ming-and-chinese-classical-furniture-history-of-the-hardwood-tradition-and-how-to-identify-authentic-pieces 2026-10-06T05:53:46-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/Mid-CenturyVintageChineseCeladonPorcelainTeapotwithFishRelief03.jpg?v=1791279092 Ming and Chinese Classical Furniture: History of the Hardwood Tradition and How to Identify Authentic Pieces Chinese celadon porcelain teapot, c. 1950s - an Asian-decorative cousin shown for context, not a Ming or classical hardwood piece. https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/japanese-tansu-history-of-the-traditional-chest-and-how-to-identify-authentic-pieces 2026-10-06T05:53:46-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/set_of_three_antique_japanese_blue_and_white_export_porcelain_bowls_late_meiji_period_c._18851895766012604426534521890947177_9f396734-bba8-4d47-9f3b-c03350b9303b.jpg?v=1791278987 Japanese Tansu: History of the Traditional Chest and How to Identify Authentic Pieces Set of three antique Japanese blue and white export porcelain bowls, late Meiji period https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/carolean-and-restoration-furniture-history-of-the-charles-ii-style-and-how-to-identify-authentic-17th-century-pieces 2026-10-06T05:53:46-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/6CAFFE20-2C55-4889-8B70-96683EA3447A_1_105_c.jpg?v=1791279627 Carolean and Restoration Furniture: History of the Charles II Style and How to Identify Authentic 17th-Century Pieces Refurbished barley twist side table with woven cane lower shelf, a later stylistic descendant of Carolean spiral turning and caning https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/artist-archive/joseph-capecchi 2026-10-06T08:16:23-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/joseph_capecchi_oil_on_wood_impressionist_painting_mountain_fisherman_c_1940-1050s772693180426535059092291689.jpg?v=1791299783 Joseph Capecchi: The Florentine Sculptor Who Shaped the Cathedral of Saint Paul Capecchi, mountain lake with fisherman, oil on wood panel https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/artist-archive/ransome-gillet-holdredge 2026-10-06T08:16:05-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/IMG_0285.jpg?v=1791299765 Ransome Gillet Holdredge: Panoramas, Grez and the Price of a California Career Mountain landscape under storm clouds, oil on canvas, signed R G Holdredge https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/chair-caning-explained-how-to-identify-repair-and-replace-a-caned-seat 2026-10-06T05:53:46-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/34480295-C6D5-4F7E-BB21-09BB81B4E2C6_1_105_c.jpg?v=1791281950 Chair Caning Explained: How to Identify, Repair, and Replace a Caned Seat Antique hand-caned ladder-back side chairs with cane seats woven through drilled perimeter holes https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/artist-archive/wayne-zavosky 2026-10-06T08:16:12-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/IMG_1499.jpg?v=1791299772 Wayne Zavosky: The Realist Behind the Signature Wayne Zavosky, dancer in arabesque penchee, signed and dated 1979 https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/artist-archive/nasser-assar 2026-10-06T08:16:26-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/Nassar_Assar_-_Viridian_Eclection.png?v=1791299786 Nasser Assar: From Calligraphic Sign to Provencal Landscape Panel inscribed N ASSAR 2004, attributed to Nasser Assar https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/artist-archive/alice-cardelli-swett 2026-10-06T08:16:17-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/IMG_0213_02014bd1-dd6a-4321-a156-bcd3eb943a22.jpg?v=1791299777 Alice Cardelli Swett: The Comstock Painter of Dayton's Main Street Desert landscape, oil on canvas, signed Cardelli Swett https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/artist-archive/erik-holland 2026-10-06T08:16:28-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/01_aaa57bde-ecad-42d2-88bf-c000342c7b6d.jpg?v=1791299788 Erik Holland: Four Decades Painting Nevada en Plein Air Erik Holland, Nevada high desert, plein air oil on canvas, 2013 https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/artist-archive/leandro-sirvent 2026-10-06T08:16:22-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/IMG_59642.jpg?v=1791299782 Leandro Sirvent: A Jijona Painter in the Paris Still-Life Trade Leandro Sirvent, peaches in a woven basket, oil on panel https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/artist-archive/einar-petersen 2026-10-06T08:16:29-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/E27C5F76-AFB5-4422-A2BE-BE029F4D918F_4_5005_c.jpg?v=1791299789 Einar Petersen: The Forgotten Muralist of 1920s Los Angeles Black Rock Ranch landscape, signed Petersen, attributed to Einar Petersen https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/the-forty-mile-desert-ragtown-and-the-emigrant-trail-across-nevada 2026-10-06T06:18:44-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/Sand_dunes_Carson_Desert_Nevada_LOC_4295381499.jpg?v=1791286974 The Forty-Mile Desert, Ragtown, and the Emigrant Trail Across Nevada Timothy O'Sullivan's 1867 photograph of the sand dunes of the Carson Desert, Nevada (Library of Congress, public domain). https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/virginia-city-and-the-comstock-lode-how-a-silver-boomtown-built-nevada 2026-10-06T05:53:46-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/Comstock_Lode._Virginia_City_2C_Nevada_-_NARA_-_519491.jpg?v=1791287506 Virginia City and the Comstock Lode: How a Silver Boomtown Built Nevada Historic photograph of Virginia City, Nevada, and the Comstock Lode (U.S. National Archives, public domain). https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/lincoln-highway-in-reno-how-fourth-street-became-nevadas-main-street 2026-10-06T08:40:10-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/steamer_trunk_travel_chest_portland_trunk_manufacturing_co._oregon_c._1920s1940s761606012938534069257715817_6e4d68e1-b11e-4c36-bbf6-405be3c7180d.png?v=1791301210 The Lincoln Highway in Reno: How Fourth Street Became Nevada's Main Street A steamer trunk by Portland Trunk Manufacturing Co., c. 1920s-1940s, from the Viridian Eclection collection. A period-appropriate travel piece, not the Lincoln Highway itself. https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/the-mapes-hotel-the-rise-and-fall-of-renos-art-deco-landmark 2026-10-06T08:39:57-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/beveled_easel_mirror_edwardian_to_early_art_deco_19051930761439957821734049656750185_1ea82d28-1bea-4959-a17f-67d1fb1ba2a3.png?v=1791301197 The Mapes Hotel: The Rise and Fall of Reno's Art Deco Landmark A beveled easel mirror, Edwardian to early Art Deco (1905-1930), from the Viridian Eclection collection. A period-appropriate piece, not the Mapes Hotel itself. https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/the-holiday-hotel-reno-a-riverfront-casino-landmark 2026-10-06T08:39:59-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/mid-century_emerald_green_spiral_optic_glass_vase_circa_19501965762340864829734154275078249.jpg?v=1791301199 The Holiday Hotel: A Riverfront Chapter of Reno's Casino Era A mid-century emerald green spiral optic glass vase, circa 1950-1965, from the Viridian Eclection collection. A period-appropriate piece, not the Holiday Hotel itself. https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/the-riverside-hotel-reno-from-divorce-era-glamour-to-artist-lofts 2026-10-06T08:40:04-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/warwick_china_oval_serving_platter_warwick_china_co._wheeling_west_virginia_circa_19251945762305826007334151538557033.jpg?v=1791301204 The Riverside Hotel: From Divorce-Era Glamour to Artist Lofts A Warwick China oval serving platter, circa 1925-1945, from the Viridian Eclection collection. A period-appropriate piece, not the Riverside Hotel itself. https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/renos-old-main-post-office-delongchamps-art-deco-on-the-truckee 2026-10-06T08:40:07-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/vintage_leather_club_chair_ottoman_c._1930s761602451056934069088600169_f87194db-2f8d-49aa-a53d-25aab80639bf.png?v=1791301207 Reno's Old Post Office: DeLongchamps' Art Deco Landmark on the Truckee A vintage leather club chair and ottoman, c. 1930s, from the Viridian Eclection collection. A period-appropriate piece, not the Old Post Office itself. https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/the-old-road-to-virginia-city-lockwood-lousetown-and-the-climb-to-the-comstock 2026-10-06T05:59:31-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/Carleton_Watkins__28American_-__28Virginia_City_2C_Nevada_29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?v=1791291568 The Old Road to Virginia City: Lockwood, Lousetown, and the Climb to the Comstock Carleton Watkins, Virginia City, Nevada, albumen silver print, 1875: the Comstock town at the top of the climb (public domain) https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/moved-down-the-mountain-the-virginia-city-houses-that-became-reno-homes 2026-10-06T06:09:41-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/Reno_to_Virginia_City_NV_CPRR-V_26TRR_Ticket_1878.jpg?v=1791292178 Moved Down the Mountain: The Virginia City Houses That Became Reno Homes Reno to Virginia City railroad ticket, Central Pacific and Virginia & Truckee, 1878 (public domain) https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/hamilton-treasure-city-and-shermantown-nevadas-white-pine-silver-rush 2026-10-06T08:39:51-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/late-victorian_gothic_tracery_demilune_wall_bracket_shelf_pine_c._18851905762341238384934154318069865.jpg?v=1791301191 Hamilton, Treasure City, and Shermantown: Nevada's White Pine Silver Rush A late-Victorian pine wall bracket shelf, c. 1885-1905, from the Viridian Eclection collection. A period-appropriate piece, not the White Pine mining towns themselves. https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/the-medical-mansion-renos-doctors-house-on-ridge-street 2026-10-06T08:39:54-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/h.e._shaw_grand_rapids_cabinet-on-stand_no._835_circa_1920s1930s_762133803837734130435899497.png?v=1791301194 The Medical Mansion: Reno's Doctors' House on Ridge Street A Grand Rapids cabinet-on-stand, circa 1920s-1930s, from the Viridian Eclection collection. A period-appropriate piece, not the Medical Mansion itself. https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/the-lake-mansion-myron-jane-lake-and-the-founding-of-reno 2026-10-06T12:39:21-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/antique_19th-century_engraved_map_of_nevada_mining_boom_era_c._1870s1880s761506709514534061599932521.png?v=1791315558 The Lake Mansion: Myron Lake, Jane Lake, and the Founding of Reno An engraved map of Nevada from the 1870s-1880s, a period-appropriate piece from the Viridian Eclection collection, not the Lake Mansion itself. https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/the-patrick-ranch-an-old-truckee-meadows-homestead-and-its-lore 2026-10-06T12:39:25-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/wagon_in_the_field_oil_on_canvas_marie_roberts_washoe_county_nevada_c._1960s1970s761582321674534067348357225.jpg?v=1791315562 The Patrick Ranch: An Old Truckee Meadows Homestead and Its Lore Wagon in the Field, an oil painting of a Nevada landscape by Mahree (Marie) Roberts of Reno, a period-appropriate piece from the Viridian Eclection collection, not the Patrick Ranch itself https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/from-peleg-brown-to-damonte-one-of-the-truckee-meadows-oldest-ranches 2026-10-06T12:48:19-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/048906pv_930811d4-3294-46ab-94c6-00124a564a7f.jpg?v=1791316096 From Peleg Brown to Damonte: One of the Truckee Meadows’ Oldest Ranches Front facade of the Peleg Brown Ranch main house, Old Virginia Road, Reno, Nevada, photographed March 22, 1994 by Martin Fisher for the Historic American Buildings Survey (public domain, Library of Congress) https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/jessup-nevada-a-short-lived-mining-camp-in-the-desert 2026-10-06T14:25:14-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/1920px-Timothy_H._O_27Sullivan__28American_-_Desert_Sand_Hills_near_Sink_of_Carson_2C_Nevada_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?v=1791321910 Jessup, Nevada: A Short-Lived Camp in the Desert Desert sand hills near the Sink of Carson, Nevada, photographed by Timothy H. O'Sullivan during the 1860s Fortieth Parallel Survey, a public-domain view of the Churchill County desert country https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/aurora-nevada-the-silver-boomtown-two-states-claimed 2026-10-06T14:27:44-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/Aurora_NV.jpg?v=1791322053 Aurora, Nevada: The Silver Boomtown Two States Claimed Main Street, general view of Aurora, Nevada, c. 1934 (public domain) - Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/the-winters-mansion-washoe-valleys-white-mansion 2026-10-06T17:19:50-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/wnhpcfb394610113973029-l.jpg?v=1791332390 The Winters Mansion: Washoe Valley's White Mansion The Winters Mansion (Theodore Winters house) in Washoe Valley, Nevada, in a historical photograph. Courtesy Western Nevada Historic Photo Collection. https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/bowers-mansion-the-comstocks-first-fortune-in-washoe-valley 2026-10-06T17:07:49-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/8b19660r.jpg?v=1791331665 Bowers Mansion: The Comstock's First Fortune in Washoe Valley Bowers Mansion in Washoe Valley, Nevada, photographed by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration in March 1940. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection (public domain). https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/the-hermit-of-pinto-hot-springs-three-fingers-black-rock-desert 2026-10-06T21:16:01-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/Black_Rock_Desert_from_Near_Gerlach_2C_Nevada__2811128416106_29.jpg?v=1791346551 The Hermit of Pinto Hot Springs: "Three Fingers" and the Black Rock Desert The Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nevada, in the empty northwestern Great Basin. Photo by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0. https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/ione-nevada-the-silver-town-that-refused-to-die 2026-10-06T21:22:31-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/2014-07-28_13_57_04_Buildings_in_Ione_2C_Nevada.jpg?v=1791346903 Ione, Nevada: The Silver Town That Refused to Die Weathered wooden and stone buildings in the near-ghost town of Ione, Nye County, Nevada, photographed in July 2014. Photo by Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0. https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/broken-hills-nevada-silver-lead-ghost-town-mineral-county 2026-10-06T21:23:12-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/S.R._361_2C_Near_Gabbs_2C_Nevada__286320243721_29.jpg?v=1791346942 Broken Hills, Nevada: The Silver-Lead Camp Two Englishmen Staked in 1913 State Route 361 near Gabbs, Nevada, a highway through the high-desert country of west-central Nevada where the Broken Hills camp once stood. Photo by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0. This is a regional road view, not a photograph of the Broken Hills site. https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/warm-springs-nevada-us-6-extraterrestrial-highway-junction 2026-10-06T21:27:05-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/2014-07-17_13_54_28_Ruins_along_U.S._Route_6_in_Warm_Springs_2C_Nevada.jpg?v=1791347225 Warm Springs, Nevada: The Hot Spring at the Crossroads of US 6 and the Extraterrestrial Highway The ruins of the old roadside station at Warm Springs, Nye County, Nevada, along U.S. Route 6. Photo by Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0. https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/quartz-mountain-nevada-lodi-hills-silver-lead-ghost-town 2026-10-06T21:35:54-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/S.R._361_Between_Luning_and_Gabbs_2C_Nevada__286320229145_29.jpg?v=1791347750 Quartz Mountain, Nevada: The Lodi Hills Silver-Lead Camp Beside Broken Hills State Route 361 winding through the desert mountains between Luning and Gabbs, Nevada, the high-desert road country near the Lodi Hills. Photo by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0. https://viridianeclection.com/blogs/news/thunderbird-lodge-captain-george-whittell-lake-tahoe-east-shore 2026-10-06T21:44:07-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0651/0093/9369/articles/Lake_Tahoe_-_Eastshore_Drive_-_A_View_of_Thunderbird_Lodge_-_NARA_-_7719901.jpg?v=1791348194 Thunderbird Lodge and Captain George Whittell: The Eccentric Heir Who Kept Tahoe's East Shore Wild The Thunderbird Lodge on the Nevada shore of Lake Tahoe, mostly hidden by tall evergreens above the water. U.S. National Archives photograph by Ronda Kingsford, 2009; public domain.