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Heir offers a full range of interior design services tailored to fit your project. Onsite consultation for all your biggest ideas and smallest details. Whether it's a small renovation or a large scale design project, Heir will help you create a space that is personal, evocative and above all else yours. Let Heir help create your vision of what home should be. Email [email protected] for more information and to set up an appointment.
Best,
Tyler Doran
Two tracks we're excited about... Andrew Bird and...wait for it...new PJ Harvey ohhhhhhh!
Andrew Bird- You Woke Me Up! - click to listen
PJ Harvey and John Parish - Black Hearted Love - click to listen
Here are a few songs on heavy rotation at Heir helping get us in the mood for Spring...
Click to listen:
Kings of Leon and Lykke Li - Knocked up
Daniel Rossen - Too Little Too Late (Jo Jo Cover)
Hercules and Love Affair - Blind (feat. Antony Hegarty)
School of Seven Bells - Connjur
Belle and Sebastian - Dog On Wheels
Camera Obscura - Razzle Dazzle Rose
David Bryne & Brian Eno - Strange Overtones
Heartless Bastards - The Mountain
Great Lake Swimmers - Moving Pictures, Silent Films
Heir Winter 2008 Catalogue
current inventory, softcover look book
8" X 6" 20 pages, glossy, wrapped in plastic sleeve
$12 plus shipping
Schumacher hand closed down pillows
20" x 15" dec. pillow, 100% linen
Parchment and Midnight
List $200 each
Vintage Silk Feather Pillows
Vintage Silk Dec. Pillow
self-welted, down filled and hand closed
dark navy, with two tone feather pattern, 12" X 16"
List $200 each
Shipping not included unless otherwise stated
Celerie Kemble - Bleeker Pillows
Celerie Kemble for Schumacher Pillows
100% linen, down filled, 16" X 16"
Bleeker - Midnight
List $250 each
Shipping not included unless otherwise stated
Celerie Kemble for Schumacher Bolster Pillow
100% linen, down filled pillow
53" X 16"
Bleeker - Midnight
List $395
Shipping not included unless otherwise stated
Pakistani Kilim Pillow
wool pillow with cotton velvet backing
made from vintage Kilim weaving , 12" X 12"
Circa 1950
List $120
Shipping not included unless otherwise stated
Papilionidae: Chilasa Veiouis
Butterfly with steel gears, parts and springs.
8"x8" shadow box,
RISD Alumni, Mike Libby
$525
Cetonidae: Dicraphaneous Obertherni
Flower Beetle with steel gears, parts & spring.
6” glass dome, walnut base
RISD Alumni, Mike Libby
$625
Black and yellow body, 1 1/2 inches long.
Steel & brass gears and parts, tension spring, dial.
Displayed in 4" glass dome & walnut base
$300
Unidentified General
Ultrachrome print on Hahnemuhle German
etching paper, printed from an original glass
plate slide, 39" X 32" framed
glass slide - circa 1890
Paris
Ultrchrome print on Hahnemuhle German
etching paper, printed from original glass
plate slide, 31" x 25" framed
glass slide - circa 1890
Boston Common
Ultrachrome print on Hahnemuhle German
etching paper, printed from an original glass
plate slide, 31" X 25" framed
glass slide - circa 1890
The Stowaway Series - The Mast
Ultrachrome print on Hahemuhle German
etching paper, printed from a hand painted
glass slide, 31" X 31" framed
glass slide - English circa 1900
The Stowaway Series - life boat
Ultrachrome print on Hhnemuhle German
etching paper, printed from a hand painted
glass plate slide, 17 3/4" X 17 3/4" framed
glass slide - English circa 1900
The Stowaway Series - up the mast
Ultrachrome print on Hahnemuhle German
etching paper, printed from original hand painted
glass slide, 16.5" X 17.5" framed
glass slide - English circa 1900
Enjoy our version of the holidays, Thursday and Saturday evenings in December. What does this entail you might ask… you’ll just have to come by and be pleasantly surprised. Have a drink, sharpen your wit and buy some goodies! the fun starts at 5. open until 9.
click image for enlarged view
This past Saturday we were named "best holiday window" proclaimed by the mayor and a panel of judges. Very exciting. See images above of our brand of holiday cheer.
Set of three Shaker Bonnets
architectural form, subtle muted color
new museum stands, each 20" tall on stand
American circa 1870-1890
Renata Mann
Light gray Swarovski crystal pearls are covered in light gray cotton knitting. The necklace hits below the hips, depending on height, but can be doubled or tripled as well. Classic and beautiful. 28" long as shown, 56" in total length
Navy Cotton knitted over pink iridescent glass beads
13.5" long as shown, 27" in total length
Vibrant Red cotton knitted over silver glass beads
20" long as shown, 40" in total length
Alice Scott
Enamel Painted Sacred Heart Necklace
hand forged silver chain
RISD jewelry student
heart is 3.5" wide and chain is 22" in length
Enamel Painted Sacred Heart Necklace
bronze chain, RISD Student
heart 3.5" wide, 22" in length
SOLD
Carved Octagonal Surveyors Tool
13 feet in length, suspended from ceiling
red and white striped, original surface
tapered top and pointed bottom
American circa 1920
What the Grieving Can't See
Emily Hall
photo collage
Airlift Diptych
Emily Hall
photo collage
Steak Damnation
Emily Hall
photo collage
It was their time
Emily Hall
photo collage
Painted paned door coat closet
single low shelf, interior wood pegs
70" in height, 52" in length, 15" in depth
American circa 1900
Winslow Health and Hygiene Chart
The Muscular System, 41" X 52"
Published by Denoyer-Geppert Co. Chicago 1929
note the footballer smoking behind the bleachers
Winslow Health and Hygiene Chart
The Eye, Published by Denoyer-Geppert Co.
Chicago 1929, 41" X 52"
Folk art pogo stick, primitive form
wood and steel construction
wall mounting bracket, 40" in height
American circa 1900
Hand colored engraving of a monkey
folk painted frame, linen mat
Inscribed and dated J.F. Miller 1779
SOLD
Anatomical Print, musculature system
Encyclopedia Britannica, ninth edition
newly framed, 23" X 16.5"
circa 1910
Phrenology Head Lithograph
Phrenology Head Diagram
from a booklet, layered paper
newly framed, 12.5" x 30"
American circa 1900-1910
Dr. Warner's Health Corset
Plaster Female Bust Display Model
Shapely Form,
Set of four chairs in the style of Jacques Adnet
Iron with Mahogany Seats and brass ball finials
42" height overall, 17" seat height
circa 1940
SOLD
Wood carved patent gear mold
36" in diameter, wall bracket holds piece
off the wall casting a dramatic shadow
patent label attached, 11/15/1916
original surface paint
Large Gold Mercury Glass Fixture
Silver interior, 16" diameter
newly rewired
American circa 1930
SOLD
Industrial Scale Table
John Chatiillon & Sons Company
Glass scale face, caster wheels
American circa 1900
24" wide X 20" deep X 27.5" in height
100% silk, hand sewn, Sloan, New York
circa 1940's
Photograph of a child, intricate wood frame
gold paper mat, creepy face and taffeta sash
English circa 1890
Industrial Cot Coffee Table
Tempered glass top, riveted steel base
linked chain "bed", American circa 1930
Metallic folded paper fireplace fan
brass joint, painted paper
American circa 1920
33" wide
List $200
Shipping not included unless otherwise stated
SOLD
Paper Composite and Cloth Neck Brace
worn surface, new black museum stand
American circa 1890
SOLD
Sculptural mercury glass bulb
Distressed interior surface, 18" diameter
Circa 1920
SOLD
Lithographed wood block puzzle
Male and female face segments, mix and match
English circa 1900
Hand-knit Ski Sweater
Chocolate Brown with Horses, circa 1950's
Men's Medium
Tyler Doran, owner, principle designerHeir offers broad range of design services in addition to its well-edited collection of antiques, art and uncommon home and personal accessories. Discover one-of-a-kind pieces in a gallery setting that is more downtown art opening than dusty antique store. Industrial furniture is set amidst elegantly worn folk art, striking photography and a rakish assemblage of objects, clothing, and exquisite Amish-made leather goods. See something you've never seen before and make it your own.
SOLD
Golden folded paper fireplace fan
Brass joint, beautiful golden metallic color
American circa 1900-1920
39" wide X 19.5" tall
Lithographed paper board
hinged at arm and leg joints, 13" tall
American circa 1900
List $150
Mattress Ticking stripe with Black Leather Adjustable shoulder strap with two interior pockets Amish-made in Pennsylvania without electricity 16" frame $295
No tacky high polished chrome anywhere!
One interior slot and one outside slot. Hand-oiled.
Dull nickel silver hardware, 3" x 4." Chain is 15."
Top quality nautical snap clip.
$125
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SOLD OUT
Olive Waxed Canvas with Brown Leather
Adjustable shoulder strap with two interior pockets
Amish-made in Pennsylvania without electricity
16" frame
Plaid Steamer Bag
Vintage style mattress ticking waxed canvas
two interior pockets, easily accommodates a laptop,
hand-stitched luggage tag 12" frame
Amish-made in Pennsylvania without electricity
$258
Natural Duck Canvas with Tan Leather
Adjustable shoulder strap with two interior pockets
Amish-made in Pennsylvania without electricity
16" frame
$295
Braided and hung on museum stands
the flax fiber would be spun in this way before
being turned into linen, 16" and 20" tall
American circa 1880 1890's
SOLD
Cast iron teeth bottle opener
3.5" wide, creepy and heavy
American circa 1910