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Jenkinstown
Antiques 13 Old Route 299 New Paltz, NY 12561
845-255-4876 |
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Our love of the Hudson Valley has always included the material
culture it has
produced. A variety of societies and people contributed to this culture over the
years, from the Native Americans who understood the treasure the Valley is, to
the artists and craftsmen that populated its small hamlets and towns during the
Twentieth
Century.
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The
unique culture of the early European settlers brought here a diverse background
of taste and style that to us has made the Valley what it is today. For over twenty
five years we have been collecting local stuff, including stoneware
pottery, photographs, stitcheries, decorated transfer ware china, and coin silver.
Hudson Valley furniture has also always been important
to us. From the elegant and bold style of a formal Eighteenth Century Kas to the
well worn doors of a painted country cupboard, our appreciation of the earliest
pieces continues to grow. The well delineated formal furniture of the late Eighteenth
Century as well as the carved and detailed pieces of mahogany from the early Nineteenth
Century are what we pursue. During the Nineteenth Century
the creation of artwork in the Hudson Valley accelerated. We have studied, explored
and established collections of many of these works for our clients, including
the simple naïve portraits and folk art of the early part of the century
and the incredible genre and landscape of the mid century. Our love of this artwork
has extended into the works more recently created in the art communities of Woodstock,
Cragsmoor, and Cold Spring, and by the many unique individuals who came to the
beautiful Hudson Valley to paint and create.
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