When asked about his earliest antique acquisition, Karl Kemp replies, "It was a Biedermeier chair, which I purchased at my mother's suggestion. I was only 20 or 21 years old, but I bought it myself."
Kemp's mother, a woman of great taste and education, was also a fine collector of antiques. From their home in Cologne, Germany, she instilled in him an appreciation for the Neo-Classical decorative arts of the early 19th Century. Her guidance ultimately lead to Kemp to study the finer points of art history and architecture.
Ironically, Mr. Kemp did not immediately pursue his presnt vocation. his professional goals brought him to New York City in the early 1970's, where he held the position of Chief of Acquisitons at The Brooklyn Public Library.

Lin-Weinberg gallery was founded in 1995 by Andy Lin and Larry Weinberg to create a permanent retail space in which to present a diverse collectiion of modern design and decorative art.
Prior to opening the gallery, Andy and Larry were show exhibitors at major twentieth century/modern venues.

Totem currently represents 40 designers and manufactures form the United States and Europe, selling their products through wholesale channels as well as its retail showroom located at 71 Franklin Street in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City. Totem recently opened Totem Soho gallery, located in the heart of Soho on Greene Street.

The NYDC is an essential resource to designers and architects. Located in midtown Manhattan at 200 Lexington Avenue, the New York Design Center (NYDC) is the country's oldest furniture and design building. The variety of residential & contract showrooms, diversity of product lines, and on-going support of design trade associations make it an invaluable resource to the design trade.

Patio.com’s grass-root origins predate the dot-com era. The company (now owned by three brothers raised in Westport, CT) was founded by David Ross 25 years ago. As a high school student, David started a pool service company with $50. Business grew quickly, and his brother, Philip, joined him as they became the first Connecticut pool service company to open a retail location. Shortly thereafter, a second location was opened in Greenwich, CT on a site of over an acre ... providing an opportunity to expand the scope of their retail operations to include outdoor furniture.

Todd Hase Furniture, Inc. includes a full collection of upholstery, tables, casegoods, accessories and textiles. Designed by Todd Hase, the line is distinctly modern. It uses a classic vocabulary of shapes and lines to offer a pared down, simplified yet extremely palatable, ultimately usable line of home furnishings. Old world techniques of manufacturing are applied to these modern products: eight-way handtied springs fill upholstered seating and hand fitted marquetry patterns of beautiful veneers enhance tables, casegoods and lighting.

A unique, state-of-the-art shopping experience for today’s savvy consumers with retail showrooms presenting the finest home furnishings in beautifully designed settings – and one of the most exciting web stores in the world for online access to internationally acclaimed luxury brands.
Safavieh Home Furnishings offers everything you need to create the home of your dreams: from our exclusive English Home Furniture and American Home Collections, to lighting, mirrors and myriad decorative accents. The English Home Collection is made from the finest hand-selected woods with hand polished finishes, solid oak drawers and hand-tooled top grain leathers. Safavieh also offers home furnishings from upscale brand names such as Kindel, Henredon, Ralph Lauren, Baker, Hickory Chair, Southwood, E.J. Victor, Hancock & Moore, Coach Leather, Council Craftsman, Milling Road, John Widdicomb, Alfonso Marino and English Home Company.

Mike's Furniture Store is a furniture store with ready-made pieces, finished or unfinished. There are many colors of products for you to choose from with our color matching chart. Custom made furniture is also available if you bring in a sketch of what it is you want. We will then attempt to build it. Moldings are available to add onto anything you may already have.

Huge selection of the latest designs of Quality Furniture at surprisingly affordable prices for every room of your home including Living room sets both in leather and fabric,Bedroom furniture, contemporary dining room sets, bedroom furniture for kids, Dinette furniture, Mattresses and a whole lot more! Whether your taste is Contemporary or Traditional, Huffman Koos Furniture Gallery is the place that all shoppers in N.Y. and N.J. are raving about.

For two generations we have offered our neighbors the kind of really nice stuff that we'd put in our own homes: smart, sophisticated yet always comfortable and practical.
We stress value - a bargain is no bargain if it soon falls apart - because as neighborhood merchants, we need you back. So everything in this modest website has passed the most demanding test of all - our customers.
Come visit our three stores -- on Manhattan's upper West and East Sides, or in Westchester.

Clients are knowledgeable, passionate about modern design, and they demand added value. At M2L we don't just rotate furniture in and out of the showroom, presenting brilliant product solutions, expert advice and a timeless collection of design spanning the 20th century.
Michael Manes
Founder

When Craig Van Den Brulle opened Capitol Furnishings in the Nolita section of New York City in 1997, he had already developed the "urban clean" design philosophy that quickly made Capitol a shopping destination for influential architects, interior designers and collectors. Capitol offers a unique and extensive selection of home furnishings and accessories of 20th Century classic design. Featured designers include Barovier, James Mont, Robsjohn-Gibbings, Gio Ponti, Seguso, Venini and Tommi Parzinger. Now Van Den Brulle is building on this tradition of simple, clean, timeless design with the introduction of The VAN DEN BRULLE COLLECTION - an 11 piece line of lamps, tables, and home essentials crafted from lucite. The first of his signature collections, this hand-finished and one-of-a-kind line is the essence of understated elegance, combining Van Den Brulle's passion for beauty with an insistence on fine craftsmanship and high quality.

MDC International will deliver custom-made, quality furniture and provide the flexibility to tailor each piece to the specific needs of the customer, at a very competitive price.
MDC International background Founded in 1990, MDC Int.. Corporation has become one of the most respected names in the industry.
The company operates from an 40,000 Sq. ft. state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in New York City. MDC furniture are sold throughout the United States.

"One of the finest Contemporary American sculptors and New York's premiere metal furniture designer - Silas Seandel Studio has been providing fine sculptured furniture for over 45 years. Silas Seandel original works are shipped worldwide to discriminating private and corporate collectors.
The work showcased on this site represents only a fraction of our collection. Our pieces are individually crafted to size, shape and finish. All of our fine sculptured furniture is created in either metal design, or stone design - we do not work in wood.
You are invited to make a personal visit to our studio and see the work in process. Free on-site parking if you call ahead."

Fineman is Manhattan's Home Furnishings Superstore. Since 1937, Fineman has been creating beautiful homes for tens of thousands of families such as yours. With over 200 rooms on display, a professional staff of customer-driven representatives/designers, and personalized service for each and every client, Fineman will exceed your expectations. So hurry in today and experience the Fineman difference.

Living rooms, bedrooms, dining rooms, mattresses, etc.

Most people associate the name Aga with good food and fine living. And although it’s often thought of as quintessentially British, the Aga actually began life in Sweden. The celebrated cooker found in 750,000 households worldwide was invented by Dr Gustav Dalén, a blind Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Appalled that his wife and their maid had to constantly tend to their old-fashioned range, Dalén set out to design a modern cooker that would look after itself. It’s unlikely Dalén could have predicted that his invention would go on to be widely acclaimed as a design icon, but it has. In the year 2000, the BBC published a retrospective of the 20th Century highlighting what it considered to be the top three design icons: first was the Coca-Cola® contour bottle, second was the VW™ Bug and third was the Aga cooker.

The Gracious Home Story Of course, there are many “beginnings.” We could talk about childhoods spent collecting seashells in Camaguey. But let’s just start with 1963, when Natan Wekselbaum and his brother left Cuba for New York City and opened up a little neighborhood hardware store on the Upper East Side. Nuts. Bolts. Nothing fancy.
Well, as everyone knows, New Yorkers don’t exactly fall all over themselves every time a new shop cuts its ribbon—but the charming duo made Gracious Home stand out. They gave the red carpet treatment to every person who walked through the door. Will you deliver it? Of course. Can you install it? Our pleasure. Can you find one in chartreuse? We'll scour the globe.