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ART BLOOMS FROM ARTLESS THINGS In Erik Retzer’s world, art blooms from artless things—humble forms made extraordinary by time’s touch. A refined 18th-century French fauteuil finds comfort in the most casual of rooms, just as a well-worn carpenter’s hammer becomes a sculpture of purpose and grace. Each piece he selects is beautifully crafted, bearing a story that adds depth and meaning to any space. Guided by the belief that quality never gets old, he founded RIGHT PROPER, a collection where the practical and the poetic entwine, proving that elegance belongs wherever it i...Read More
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Featured Pieces
Late 19th Century English Thoroughbred Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th century horse portrait has the kind of offhand elegance that makes British sporting art so quietly addictive. The composition is disarmingly simple: a lone bay set aga...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Country Paintings
Materials
Paint
19th Century Adirondack Twig Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century Adirondack twig table delivers that elusive mix of rustic irreverence and sculptural clarity. The rectangular top, crisply framed in young birch, sets the tone—clea...
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Antique 19th Century American Adirondack Side Tables
Materials
Twig
Pair of Early 20th Century American Folk Art Geode Planters
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare, unusual, and almost extraterrestrial in their presence, this pair of early 20th-century American folk art planters turns the humble garden vessel into a geological fantasia. Ha...
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Vintage 1920s American Folk Art Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Stone, Concrete
Carved Wood Elk Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved in the early 21st century with a wink toward both tradition and modernism, this life-size wooden elk head reimagines the classic trophy mount in a thoroughly contemporary way....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century English Sporting Plaques
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of 19th-century English hammered-tin portrait plaques that capture sporting life with a tenderness rarely found in metal. One depicts an eager Spaniel, mouth open, tongue loll...
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Antique 19th Century English Country Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Tin
19th Century English Mahogany Chippendale Style Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th-century English Chippendale-style mahogany bench that somehow feels as right now as it did two hundred years ago. The form is classic—cabriole legs with carved shells at the k...
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Antique 19th Century English Chippendale Benches
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Dutch Oak Trunk
Located in Chicago, IL
An extraordinary 18th-century Dutch oak trunk, signed and dated “Jahn Mertin c.1722,” its surface alive with the hand of its maker. The front is a symphony of chip-carved rosettes—so...
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Antique 1720s Dutch Baroque Sideboards
Materials
Oak
Early 20th Century Danish Oak Trestle Table
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th-century Danish trestle table, circa 1900–1920s, crafted from thick solid oak planks and built with a clarity of purpose that feels d...
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Antique Early 1900s Danish Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak
Set of Four Italian Modern Folding Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
A study in restraint and attitude, this set of four mid-20th-century Italian Modern folding chairs captures the era’s genius for making utility feel glamorous. The iron frames, elega...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Iron
Late 19th/Early 20th Century Bronze Hound Doorstop
Located in Chicago, IL
Solid, weighty, and quietly aristocratic, this late 19th-century English cast bronze doorstop is the sort of object that speaks directly to those who know the rhythm of the field. Th...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Country Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Adirondack Style Moose Antler Armchair
Located in Chicago, IL
An audacious homage to classic American wilderness craftsmanship, this 20th century Adirondack-inspired armchair feels plucked from a dream of the North Woods. Its frame—crafted from...
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20th Century American Adirondack Armchairs
Materials
Antler, Wood
American Folk Art Inlaid Twig and Rootwood Snake Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Wildly intricate yet distinctly American, this one-of-a-kind, artist-made table sits squarely in the lineage of American folk art—where resourcefulness meets imagination, and nature ...
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Late 20th Century American Folk Art Side Tables
Materials
Wood, Birch
