You may remember these sketches; they started me thinking about how many
beautiful objects we see daily.  I decided to dedicate one of my new Stillman & Birn sketchbooks to our business.  My first two watercolor sketches were in the Delta book —
it took me a bit to get used to the paper.  S&B stands up to wet washes, which is heavenly.  And this is also an urban sketch — drawing our world, one sketch at a time!
The three pieces are an American Aesthetics Victorian Shield-back settee and two chairs —  a female and male version, or bustle and captain’s chair — circa 1870-1890.

It will be interesting if I have the ability to draw process images of the restoration:  veneer work, finish work, rebuilding the innards using the original materials.  The new showcover is a purple-fuchsia crushed velvet which would be appropriate for the period.  Mitchell’s attention…