There’s a new shipment in at Pear Tree in Crestwood. There’s more than chairs; sometimes I get distracted.
Pear Tree Design & Antiques
313 E. 55th St.
816/333-2100
Out and About – Pear Tree
Tag Archives: Antique Dealers
No Hillbilly He
Come and listen to a story about a store named JED
A chic antiquer, barely keeps his passion fed.
Each and every day he is rounding up some loot
You want so much it will make you say, “shoot.”
Basalt that is, black gold, for your tea.
Well, the next thing you know ol’ JED’s breaking into song
You’re so giddy you want to sing along.
In Sag Harbor this is where you ought to be
I’m loading up the truck so don’t get in front of me.
Hamptons, that is.
Beachy feel, sky full of stars.
Y’all come back now, y’hear?
Jack Deamer owns a dreamy little spot in Sag Harbor. His space can barely contain his finds or his personality. He did, indeed, break into a (very good) chorus of “She Works Hard for the Money,” while checking on a price. Jack likes to sell pieces as a collection – like the basalt and jasperware and the silhouettes. This set of English stoneware had me mesmerized; it is sitting on a chair, one of a pair, from the Doris Duke estate.
JED
27 Washington Street
631-725-6411
All images by Mrs. Blandings. Feel free to do with them what you will as that is what I am doing with other people’s images every day.
As the World Turns
When Christopher Filley called last week to say, “Come see the windows,” this was not what I was expecting.
Forgive the glare, but Christopher has displayed an installation of televisions painted by Kansas City artist David Gant.
The televisions are functioning, though show only snow. They are always “on” and Chris tells me that the window at night is a knock-out.
Chris has had some of Gant’s pieces for a while. I have noticed this series of portraits on cardboard before.
They are encaustics, which I understand to be a process that is a combination of wax and pigment. Gant did them when he was 20. There are twice again as many as this and they would be fantastic in a large grid.
The images were taken from obituary pictures.
You can see Gant’s work here or at Christopher’s – 816/688-9974.
Cartoon Network
Christopher Filley called me last week to tell me that he and Rich Hoffman had redone the window at the shop.
I thought he had added the newly framed aubusson cartoons to the others in the window. He had not.
A few had sold to a very lucky gal here in town so he had installed something else entirely (tune in tomorrow.)
But there were some pieces back from the framer. The two tall panels would be terrific flanking, well, flanking something. Flanking nearly anything if your ceilings are high enough.
You can reach Christopher at 816-668-9974.
I turned that second to the last image sideways so you can see the panel as it should appear. Just in case you were wondering how that bottle was suspended in mid-air.
Back to School Shopping
The boys started school yesterday. A friend snapped a picture of me and Mr. B in the parking lot. I’m foolishly grinning from ear to ear; you’d think I’d just received a reprieve from an undeserved prison sentence.
What to do, what to do, what to do? So much time. So much quiet.
I did have an article to finish, but I wrapped that up by lunch.
Like a moth to a flame I headed to the shops at State Line. To see my friends. I’d like for you to meet them – aubusson cartoons in the window at Christopher Filley’s. The colors are startlingly vivid. And there are more coming from the framer soon.
You can reach Christopher at 816/668-9974.
