Friday, July 10 with the first lot closing live and online at 10AM. The Collection of Judith and Greg Rust featuring furniture from the shop of Nathan Margolis of Hartford CT originally part of an inheritance from the Hart family of Hartford, will take place July 10 in Bloomington, IN. includes a collection of Nathan Margolis Workshop fine Colonial Revival Furniture from the Hart family of Hartford, CT c1912-1940s. Also included are 19thC portraits, fine porcelain and glass with Meissen, Dresden, Nymphenburg, Webb Cameo, Bohemian & many others with a large offering of fine antique sterling, netsukes, carved Asian figurines, fine art & antiques.
To understand the significance and quality of the furnishings by the Nathan Margolis Workshop and the connection to the Colonial Revival era please go to: https://repository.si.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/a41f05db-1d2e-4b26-93cb-2f8d888537c9/content “Furnishing Community: The Role of Margolis Furniture in the Lives of Hartford’s Gentile and Jewish Families, 1920-1970” by Eileen Pollack. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in the History of the Decorative Arts, Masters Program in the History of the Decorative Arts. Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and Parsons School of Design
The Winterthur Museum holds the archives and furniture templates from the Nathan Margolis Workshop.
