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Question

In a recent email, we asked readers whether they could identify the object (below, left) on which Benjamin Franklin appears?

This object is one of several items that will be available during our upcoming shows. Visit our Show schedule for dates and location.

Answer

It is found on a rare early Federal gilt mirror with signed Wedgwood plaque of Dr. Franklin. Either American or made for the American market, circa 1780s or early 1790s. Dimensions: 38" tall, 18" wide. (Full mirror shown to the right.)

Get To Know Us

If you collect American Federal period furniture, Duncan Phyfe furniture, or related decorative arts, you should know us. It has been our focus for over 30 years.

Over the years, we have been asked many times about period decorative arts that are appropriate to complement formal Federal period furniture. Specifically, people want to know what they should use for lighting, decorative ceramics, mirrors, glass, paintings, and prints. In response to these questions, we are initiating a series of short articles for our website. The first one will be devoted to ceramics in the Federal American home. Read the article.

Do you have a passion for Phyfe? Learn more about what to consider before making a purchase of Phyfe furniture.

Our Inventory

Artemis Gallery was established in 1975. For most of its existence, we have specialized in the furniture and related decorative arts of the American Federal Period (1790-1830), including Duncan Phyfe. The decorative arts produced during the founding of our nation encompass the earliest Hepplewhite style of the 1790s, the middle Sheraton style, and the late classical style into the 1830s exemplified by Duncan Phyfe. Our inventory consists of furniture from the entire period as well as the related decorative arts that perfectly complement it including Federal period lighting, mirrors, ceramics, prints, paintings, glass and silver

Our Guarantee

Everything on our website is in original structural condition unless otherwise noted and is unconditionally guaranteed to be as described. Artemis Gallery adheres to the Antiques Dealers Association of America Code of Ethics, which requires full disclosure of the origin and condition, including any restoration and repairs, of all pieces, in writing.

Our Services

We take great pride in helping people find choice examples of Federal furniture at relatively affordable prices. Among our customers are both beginning and advanced collectors, decorators and museums. In addition, we have always enjoyed working with professional designers and fellow antiques dealers.

Please feel free to call or email for more information about any item as well as a full condition report. The photographs are meant to convey a general sense of each piece. We are happy to email you more detailed pictures of any items of interest.