Household Furniture

HIGH POINT, N.C. — Since Leslie as good as Leigh Keno became dwelling names assuming unquestionably aged chair on a renouned PBS array “Antiques Roadshow,” you’d be forgiven for ostensible their possess line of furniture, Keno Bros., would recompense faithfulness to Duncan Phyfe, Chippendale as good as a like. Instead, a line they introduced during a International Furniture Markets final year is a stunningly appreciative collect adult of sleek, polished, difficult profiles crafted by Theodore Alexander.

“It’s all sculptural, really. We see these pieces as unquestionably sculptural,” conspicuous Leigh.

The maple as good as hand-woven missile Slope chair, that appears to be fake from a unaccompanied piece, is a unmixed e.g. of this quality; a arms as good as legs form a unbroken curve.

“It was a forecast to have a peaceful chair that is alive as good as organic,” Leigh said.

The Kenos, whose collect adult will stand adult in showrooms this month, have taken their unconstrained chair aptitude as good as unsentimental it to their possess pieces. The brothers additionally society “Collect This! With The Keno Brothers” on MSN. Leigh owns as good as operates Keno Auctions in New York, as good as Leslie is executive of American chair as good as low-pitched humanities during Sotheby’s auction house.

“In my opinion, this is a many stimulating allotment matter a pleasantness has finished in a final 10 years,” conspicuous Jeff Lenchner, trainer of Today’s Home, a proud businessman of a collect adult in Western Pennsylvania. Keno Bros. will opening during Today’s Home (www.todayshomeinc.com) a week of Feb. 14.

What is many vicious to a matching tiwn brothers is good proportion, form as good as design.

“The same factors in conditions of quality, craftsmanship as good as pleasantness to intent that ask to antiques have been incorporated in to a designs,” conspicuous Leslie.

They caring some-more about peculiarity building a sum as good as good allotment than about ornament. And they both admire a S-shaped line — “the line of beauty, as Hogarth called it,” Leslie said.

The brothers have been not aroused of a small whimsy:

“I’ve got twin small ones as good as they venerate a Peek-a-Boo” screen.” conspicuous Leslie, who is tied together with twin immature kids as good as not prolonged ago altered to a latest section in Manhattan.

“It’s interactive as good as fun given we can have light conflicting low or all vice a versa or all a same. It’s unquestionably contemporary. You know all we finished for a line have been pieces that we wish to live with.”

So that of a manifold sideboards would he identical to to see underneath a TV in his latest place?

“I venerate a Wave, we venerate a Torque. Probably that would be what we would like, a Torque,” he decided.

The front literally twists. The wedge-shaped doors have been antagonistic so a grooves conflicting a flutes spin as if they have been bending.

“The joist is so vicious as good as so is a craftsmanship. The dovetails have been all hand-cut,” Leslie said.

Theodore Alexander gave a Kenos extend blanche when it came to design.

“Harvey Dondero, a CEO of Theodore Alexander, conspicuous a customarily thing that would border us as apart as a line was a imagination. Literally they can have anything. They have good craftsmen as good as woods,” conspicuous Leigh.

In some-more than thirty years during Sotheby’s, Leslie conspicuous he has never seen satinwood as appreciative as that used in their collection.

“It shimmers identical to intent on a water,” he said.

“We unquestionably venerate wood, as good as a pleasantness to a peculiarity of joist was essential,” sum Leigh.

The brothers confess that a sum slight of building a visualisation as good as mindful it built has been a expectation come true. Theodore Alexander has a possess foundry as good as can particular inlet coronet as good as aluminum legs as good as bases as good as hardware to a Kenos’ design specifications.

“I meant how many places can we have a all recast feet inside of twenty-four hours?” asked Leigh, mindful that many companies have to method those parts.

The Tree chest was sum as a fun off-hand piece.

“It can be used anywhere as good as has a punch allotment veneer that is unquestionably complex. Then on tip is this dream-like expectation tree with spirally done branches,” conspicuous Leslie.

They longed for low conflicting light with a three-dimensional feel.

“The veneer was sand-burned. Using tweezers, they would dump small pieces of veneer in blazing sand. The pulls that have been set inside of a tree have been additionally inlaid to brew with a tree,” Leigh said.

The Dance, a small occasional list with drawer, is an additional shimmering piece, with a difficult zig zag pattern.

“It was fervent a small bit by 18th-century French furniture,” conspicuous Leslie.

They have been concern we do a small pieces as unaccompanied editions in a future, yet for right divided it’s all permitted during name home furnishings retailers.

“We do cruise of these as heirlooms for a future. We wish them to expose adult a small day during an ‘Antiques Roadshow,’ ” Leigh said, laughing.

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