These very same concepts influenced these imargriant master craftsman working in the shadows of these architectural giants performing the hands on task of making these designs a reality. The Marabella Brothers predecessors of Scottsdale Art Factory had a bigger dream with little regard for profit. Their family creed dictated that what ever they designed and built would reflect the long standing family values of creating furnishings that will age with grace and stand the test of time. They built everything with their family heritage in mind.

Our Heritage: Marabella brothers come to America.

The Marabella’s knew from experience that the very pride and honor of the Marabella family was in their workmanship. They were known for being unpredictable because if the work did not turn out to their high standard they would refuse to sign it or deliver it. They would request more time to make it right or they would refund the money with an apology. Money was never the only reason for producing these heirloom quality works.

Today at Scottsdale Art Factory, Artist H. J. Nick and his family are direct descendants of the Marabella brothers and carry on this tradition, they will never deliver a product that cannot be signed. Making a profit, although necessary comes secondary to building each furnishing the best it can be to investment quality heirloom world class standards. Each furnishing produced today is Guaranteed “Forever”
backed by over nine decades of fine craftsmanship, to stand the test of time.

These very same concepts influenced these immigrant master craftsman working in the shadows of these architectural giants performing the hands on task of making these designs a reality. The Marabella Brothers predecessors of Scottsdale Art Factory had a bigger dream with little regard for profit. Their family creed dictated that what ever they designed and built would reflect the long standing family values of creating furnishings that will age with grace and stand the test of time. They built everything with their family heritage in mind.

Our Heritage Marabella brothers come to America

The Marabella’s knew from experience that the very pride and honor of the Marabella family was in their workmanship. They were known for being unpredictable because if the work did not turn out to their high standard they would refuse to sign it or deliver it. They would request more time to make it right or they would refund the money with an apology. Money was never the only reason for producing these heirloom quality works.

Today at Scottsdale Art Factory, Artist H. J. Nick and his family are direct descendants of the Marabella brothers and carry on this tradition, they will never deliver a product that cannot be signed. Making a profit, although necessary comes secondary to building each furnishing the best it can be to investment quality heirloom world class standards. Each furnishing produced today is Guaranteed “Forever”
backed by over nine decades of fine craftsmanship, to stand the test of time.

We build only proud to own family heirloom furnishing, rich with family history and priceless heritage. This process begins with you and your family personalizing each piece with your own special design requests. All designs are then supervised by H. J. Nick and his design team and we then build your product which will increase in value and become a cherished family heirloom that is guaranteed to stand the test of time.

More About Investment Quality why investment quality is important.

Our Guarantee: We Guarantee Each Item “Forever” – No Questions Asked and backed by over nine decades of fine craftsmanship.

We Never offer production, paste board and veneer machine made furnishing designed to fit the shipping box with planned obsolesce.

Our Price Guarantee Why you may purchase hand made custom at production furniture prices.

Coal Fired, Hammered By Master Blacksmiths “The Old Fashioned Way.”
At Scottsdale Art Factory, we take pride in our traditional, superior quality workmanship and craft our products from only the finest steel. Our master blacksmiths have been classically trained, and utilize old world techniques such as coal firing, anvil hammering and hand forging to create the finest handcrafted lighting, hardware and furnishings available anywhere. (No drop forged or casted copies.)

Master Blacksmithing: Important details about the kind of hand forged metal work you can expect when you order from Scottsdale Art Factory.

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Gamble House The Gamble House is an outstanding example of American Arts and Crafts style architecture. Shown by University of Southern California School Of Architecture In Pasadena, California,

You Have Probably Heard - The “Rich” Get Richer And The “Poor” Get Poorer

Ever wonder why? Studies show it has very little to do with how much money a family earns. It has more to do with having an investment state of mind. The ability to decern the difference between an expense and a long term investment. Most Americans are focused on how cheap each item can be purchased on sale prices with little attention given to true value. While this works well for expense purchases on commodities such as food, clothing, cars, computers etc. this never works well on long term big ticket purchases such as your home, building products or home furnishings etc. The reason is, your home should be an investment and as it gets older it appreciates in value with the exception of things that have to be replaced because they are worn out or become out of date.

The so called Rich “never purchase” low quality homes, building products or home furnishings that have to be replaced. Maybe as you were growing up your mom and dad or grand parents might have said something to the effect that they would rather save up for one good item that will last and they could be proud to own, rather than purchase many cheap low quality items just to fill the room. For Example: Solid wood hand made furniture, cabinets, counter tops or floor materials made from genuine solid wood, marble, stone, or granite verses man made plywood, veneered particle boards, tile, formica or corian etc.

Solid wood furniture, cabinets, and genuine stone will never need to be replaced and will age with grace and become more valuable over time. “The Rich Get Richer” The man made furniture with fake backs, plywood’s, veneers, tile, faux stone, corian or formica will have to be replaced over and over again. “The Poor Get Poorer”

When you purchase investment quality furnishings, doors, lighting and hardware they will appreciate and keep up with inflation or exceed most other investments. For this reason, becoming wealthy has very little to do with a higher education or having a lot of extra money. It is truly making wise decisions and a state of mind that allows for you to pay once for a good value and continue to grow wealth while enjoying living in your investment. Not to mention this type of investing has many other benefits, such as priceless family heirlooms that have meaning and the ability to pass on your legacy to future generations.

Throughout our American history, no matter the economic conditions investing in your self, your home and your legacy has always paid off. This is the big secret to building true wealth. Simply declare your self worthy of the best, invest in it and enjoy.

A Ferrari And A Yugo Are Both Cars, And A Diamond Or A Cubic Zirconia Set In Fine Gold Look Almost The Same; The Fake Is An Expense - The Genuine Is An Investment

We are trying to get your attention. In the market place today the copying of American and European handmade custom investment quality furniture, doors, lighting, cabinets and hardware designs is running ramped.

The use of high tech machines and cheap foreign labor make it possible to make paste board and veneers look like quality products. There is no investment value in these items and they do not compare to handmade investment quality furnishings built to stand the test of time. In fact, many of the famous name brands we all grew up believing were high quality furnishings have now sold out in the name of profit to cheap foreign production manufacturing, mostly due to current government trade policy and corporate greed.

Scottsdale Art Factory Will Never Sell Out Its Family Heritage To Cheap Foreign Mass Production Manufacturers For Any Reason.

Custom Handmade For Less Money Than Production Copies

It has been our experience that custom built investment quality furnishing, doors, gates, lighting and hardware do not particularly cost more than the mass production copies, this is because many of the dealers work on markups that often reach over 400%. Also keep in mind, most mass production items never become more valuable over time, and usually end up as garage sale items. This results is the true loss of your investment and the subsequent need to re-spend, setting up a cycle of financial loss that never ends.

Direct Factory- No Middle Men- No Over Seas Shipping- Always A Better Value

How Can Handmade In The USA To Investment Quality Be Less than name brand production furnishings, doors, lighting, etc? the answer is simple, We Are The Factory! When you purchase from us directly there is no middle man, no shipping from over seas, no box’s, no freight, no distributors, and no unnecessary markups. This means you get the best value on each and every purchase. This also means there is only one price from the factory and when you are purchasing an investment quality furnishing, door, lighting etc. you are investing in an item that will become more valuable over time. These benefits combined with your pride of ownership of a truly custom one of a kind piece especially designed for you, creates a wining combination for any consumer.

We Guarantee Our Price To Be Less

Bring Us Any Major Big Name Brand Designer Furnishings, Manufacturers or Retailers Price on Furniture, Doors, Cabinets, Gates, Lighting, Or Hardware in writing and we will beat the price! This quote can be from any reputable manufacturer or retailer, such as Ralph Lauren, American Drew, Bernhardt, Baker, Century, Drexel Heritage, Hancock, Lane, Thomasville, Vanguard, Robb and Stuckys, Ladlows, Broyhill, Ethan Allen, Stickily, just to mention a few, or any other comparable custom handmade manufacturer worldwide. We Will Beat their Price, Guaranteed! In addition we will deliver our much higher investment quality product, custom made to our standards, designed for you just the way your want it.

Note: Since we produce products in our industry that are comparable to a Ferrari this offer does not include off brands made in China, and other cheap labor force foreign land manufacturers. this includes wholesalers, retailers or discounters of substandard products which have no regard for value or human health including imported furnishings, doors, cabinets, gates, lighting or hardware that are made from compositions, core fillers, faux casted copies, faux fabrics, low quality machine split and re-polished leathers, veneered wood products or stone over particle boards made with formaldehyde resin or lead paint finishes etc.

American handmade furniture and the art of master wood workers, master craftsman, master blacksmiths, and what their skills contribute to architecture and engineering elements that make top designers excel. Regarding such design elements as grand entrance doors, hand carved windows and doors, interior furnishings,iron elements, stair railing, fencing, door hardware,chandeliers and other structural and decorator design elements of American and the worlds architecture.

The tradition of fine art, master craftsmanship and design will live on for future generations to enjoy. These master craftsman and their skills provide the very elements of design that make the difference in how designer’s are regarded by their clients. This difference translates to the clients perception as to what level of design services you are capable of providing.

The basic stock and trade of a interior designer is perception of quality and the ability to know the difference. Scottsdale Art Factory feels the better educated each designer becomes the better suited he or she is in genuinely providing each client with the environment of their dreams.

Scottsdale Art Factory feels that it is of utmost importance that each interior designer should be informed in the difference between genuine materials such as: stone, marble, granite, master hand crafted solid wood furnishings, hand forged and master crafted iron gates, fencing, stair rails,chandeliers, lighting, hardware, fine leathers, and fabrics and the many other materials that make up fine quality design.

Contrasting with the fake, faux materials, and mass produced furnishings, doors, lighting and wrought iron products of inferior quality mostly from cheap labor force countries flooding the marketplace as of this publication 2007.

Every high end designer must understand investment quality verses production grade furnishings that are build with intended obsolescence. (future yard sale items). It is also important the each interior designer should understand that hand made high quality design elements are cost effective as well as a good investment. Further design elements and furnishings handmade in America to world antiquity standards allows each client not only a return on investment but through family heirlooms enriches life style and family memories and cohesiveness. Most mass produced products as described above will not yield a return on investment and will never become family heirlooms or valuable antiques, thus resulting in great loss to your client. Not only will your client lose investment value the greater loss is the family heirlooms and the memories associated with these design elements. 

It is imperative these design elements such as furniture, doors, lighting, and hardware stand the test of time.

See details on how to become a world class interior designer.

Beauty in the home does not just happen, it takes great effort to create specific beauty throughout your home. Honestly,few of us are gifted with an eye for scale, proportion and balance as to guarantee effortless decorating and a lovely home. Most of us work diligently, reading, researching and asking questions. We are always searching for he next idea that will make our home more appealing.

Let’s begin at the beginning. Walk out your front door and as you do switch hats. Become a guest seeing your home for the first time. Approach the door with new eyes what do you see? How does what you see make you feel? What can you do today to improve the view and the experience? It was Theodore Roosevelt who said, “Do what you can…with what you have…where you are.”

This is my suggestion for you today. On a note pad, jot down two small projects that will enhance the experience of approaching your front door. They may be as basic as sweeping the porch, touching up the paint or putting up the new house numbers that have been collecting dust in the trunk of your car.

The point is to do something! Set goals for yourself that you are sure to achieve and then proceed. You will feel great and take the first step towards creating a more beautiful home.

If you feel you could use a little help, let me recommend a wonderful custom manufacture that offers free interior or exterior design help. H.J.Nick is a world class artist, designer with credits extended to interior designing some of the worlds finest homes. H.J.Nick’s design team will provide design ideas at no cost to you. Simply order your items to be built by Scottsdale Art Factory. This company has been designing and manufacturing furniture, doors, gates, lighting and hardware for some of the worlds finest interior designers for over nine decades. All handmade in America to family heirloom investment quality standards at what I find to be very reasonable prices.

Memory is such an interesting tool. We can, given the right stimulus, recall with clarity a moment in time, long past. There are times, when moving through a crowd when I catch a scent and will be catapulted back in time to my Grandmother’s house on Clear Lake on a Saturday morning. Sometimes it’s just a simple smell, like fresh berries,cut grass or fried fish that brings back vivid memories of my childhood.

At Grandma’s house we would begin our day by looking out at the lake and consider the possibilities. My Mother and Uncles would all be getting ready to water ski, fish or pick black berries. Sometimes all I have to do is look at Grandma’s old hand carved cedar chest where she kept, what she called, the most important things.

One of my most vivid memories was when Grandma decided she needed a new front door. The entrance to her home was always unremarkable so we all chimed in and encouraged her to get something unique. Then the question, “what would make it special?” We began on-line and stumbled upon a wonderful website artfactory.com. We then chose a style that reflected the ambiance of the lake home and its surroundings. With all the possibilities they offered we then all agreed that it should reflect our lifestyle and the things we all enjoyed doing while we were together. We got out a lot of our old photos of fishing, the woods and all the moments we loved when Grandpa and Grandma were together.

We were excited to work with Scottsdale Art Factory because of their reputation and their ability to use our family photographs in the hand carvings on the door. Grandma was so pleased with her new custom door! The rest is history (see the photo included of our door of memories). It has been several years and Grandma is no longer with us but every time we get together at the lake house warm memories overwhelm me.

It has been said that all we ever really have in life is our memories. If that is the case then I suggest we make memories that last. I once heard that it’s better to be looked over than overlooked and in the context of making lasting memories I believe this to be true. Why go through life in beige if chartreuse will linger in the memory? Why opt for basic black if tangerine will seal the moment? Why be boring if bold will cause you to stand out and be noticed?

John Ruskin (1819-1900) Was an early proponent of Arts and Crafts ideals.

Gustave Stickley (1858-1942) Known as the father of the American Arts and Crafts movement.

Joseph Marbella (1867-1947) Inspired Italian master craftsman.

Also inspired by these pioneers of craftsman style furniture was Charles Greene (artist), Henry Greene (engineer) and John and Peter Hall master craftsman from Stockholm Sweden. Beginning in Pasadena California, around 1904 the Green’s got the contract to build the Gamble house and its furnishings. The teaming of their talents using these pioneers designs as a foundation to build from allowed the Greenes and Halls to produce furnishings that were a higher quality than Gustave Stickley’s mass produced designs. The Greenes and Halls designs were all one of a kind furnishings. No unfinished backs or bottoms. Attention to detail was the order of the day. Function and style was kept in mind but foremost the focused was on the highest quality. These furnishings were mostly built for the privileged few such as the Gambles, Fords, Blackers, and Robinsons to name a few of the famous and ultra rich of the time period. This allowed Greene and Greene to be able to build what was called the Ultimate Bungalows. Not only were these vacation homes state of the art in their time but the furnishing were also custom built to fit each customers wants and needs with no thought of them ever being mass produced. This allowed the Greenes to build investment quality furnishing that would stand the test of time. Today you will find Stickly furnishings in many antique stores around the country. However a Greene & Greene can only be found in museums or in the homes of wealthy collectors.

Just a few miles away in Riverside County the Marbella brothers, master craftsman in their own right, are influenced by these builders, designers, and master craftsman. They notice they are practicing their craft in a way consistent to their own family values taught to them in Italy. These Italian immigrants with meager finances and no big money connections had a parcel of land and began to process lumber and manufacture in Arizona.

Every creative enterprise is always built on a foundation that was laid down by its predecessors. People who themselves were in turn dependent on the groundwork laid down by those who came before. Gustave Stickley’s impact was felt far and wide at the time, he became a major factor in American furniture design. Gustave Stickly and the Greene’s and Halls were the greatest early influence on the Marbella brothers concepts. These pioneers had laid down the foundation that the Marbella brothers would build upon in America.

Still building upon this foundation,is a direct decedent of the Marbella brothers. World renown artist, master craftsman in his own right and designer H.J.Nick carries on to this day the same ideals, methods and master craftsmanship.

Today known as Scottsdale Art Factory located in Scottsdale Arizona this factory is currently building some of the worlds finest handmade entrance doors, hand carved theme doors, custom investment quality furniture, hand-forged lighting chandeliers and hardware. All built to world class standards set down by these predecessors.

H.J.Nick’s Scottsdale Art Factory is one of the largest handmade in America manufacturers. Featuring a state of the art design department headed by H.J.Nick himself. Designs built today are a joint collaboration between the customer and their design department. Using high tech and low tech these investment quality designs are limited only by the customers imagination.

Staying true to Gustave Stickly’s American arts and crafts principals. Using Greene and Greene and Halls philosophy of raising the bar to the finest investment quality Scottsdale Art Factory has been able to continue to raise the bar even more. By training the nearly lost art of the master craftsman. Scottsdale Art Factory is able to maintain a consistent staff of the finest blacksmiths, woodcarvers,stone smiths, wood-rights and the many other tradesman necessary to build investment quality products. Without compromising the true sprite of the American Arts and Crafts movement each product is built by hand with attention to detail in the age old tradition(no paste boards, plywoods, or faux materials). No matter your if need is a custom door, lighting chandelier, furnishing, or piece of hardware it is guaranteed to stand the test of time . Recommended reading Darrell Peart’s book on Greene & Greene

Morocco officially Kingdom of Morocco, Arabic Al-Maghrib, or Al-Mamlakah al-MaghribYyah country of northwestern North Africa that lies directly across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain. It borders Algeria to the east and southeast, Western Sahara to the south, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north. It is the only African country with coastal exposure to both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. With the Western Sahara’s 97,344 square miles (252,120 square km), Morocco occupies a total area of 274,461 square miles (710,850 square km). Casablanca is the largest city, primary seaport, and commercial and industrial hub. Rabat is the capital and the country’s second largest city.


Because of its lack of natural harbors, its rugged mountainous interior, and its distance throughout its history from imperial centers in the east, Morocco remained relatively free from foreign invasion until the early 20th century. This enabled it to preserve a proud traditional character, which is a rich blend of Berber, Arab-Islamic, Iberian, and African cultural influences. Those traits were joined by an infusion of European cultural elements during the colonial period when Morocco was a protectorate of both France and Spain.


Brief History: Unlike other North African nations, Morocco has been largely occupied by one group of people for as long as recorded history can recall. The Berbers, or Imazighen (men of the land), settled in the area thousands of years ago and at one time controlled all of the land between Morocco and Egypt. Divided into clans and tribes, they have always jealously guarded their independence. It’s this fierce spirit that has helped preserve one of Africa’s most fascinating cultures.

Prior to the industrial revolution, a “village smithy” was a staple of every town. Mass production techniques have reduced the marketplace for blacksmith work except in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and South America where large numbers of artisans continue to do traditional work. In more industrialized regions, an increasing demand for custom metalwork has given rise to a new breed of smiths commonly known as Artist-Blacksmiths.


In recent years the forging of stainless steel has given rise to a fresh approach to architectural blacksmithing. Hephaestus (Latin: Vulcan) was the blacksmith of the gods in Greek and Roman mythology. A supremely skilled artisan whose forge was a volcano, he constructed most of the weapons of the gods, and was himself the god of fire and metalworking.


In America the largest producer of products made in this age old tradition is Scottsdale Art Factory. Scottsdale Art Factory offers an apprentice program that offers to train individuals in the age old art of true blacksmithing. Scottsdale Art Factory has been producing products such as iron gates, furniture, door hardware, custom lighting and much more for over nine decades in the United States of America. They can also trace their roots to Italy were the founding of their company began.

This photo shows the condition of our 160 year old re build project as it arrives our dock.

This rawer calash hand built in Germany in 1860 is one of a kind. It is a originial because it was built to some ones specific specifications fitted with sleigh runners for snow as well as wheels. ( our customer tells us he knows of no other any were in the world )

The terms barouchet or barouchette referred to a light barouche.”

This knee jerk reaction can cost you thousands of dollars in unrecoverable loss. Most insurance companies will respond immediately with a adjuster usually under the guise of “we are here to help.” The biggest mistakes most insured make is to believe the adjuster is there just to be helpful. He or she is there for two reasons. 

The insurance company is bound by your insurance contract to respond. 

The insurance company knows it is in their best interest to get you to settle as fast as possible. His/her real job is to get you to settle and sign off for as little as you are willing to accept. Thus resulting in controlling the amount of loss the insurance will have to pay. 

The following is a step by step how not to become a victim of your insurance company. 

1. Make sure you obtain a professional, fire claims experienced, attorney to handle your claim. This will sound expensive however, it will not cost you anything in the long run. A good attorney or firm will accept your case with no up front payment and a fixed fee not based upon the amount of settlement. To find a qualified attorney in your area contact the State Bar of California attorney search.

Scottsdale Art Factory builds exterior doors today in the very same way they did in the 12th. century. We harvest from the North wood’s tall stands of Northern cedar. We air dry all of our timber naturally on the desert floor for a year or more prior to the final milling of your exterior door or interior door project. Once you have placed your order, we mill again to final dimensions required by your custom interior door or exterior door order. After this final milling we let it cure dry again. This is to insure that when we join and press these solid wood planks together they never warp, bow or split after the door has been joined together to make a solid wood door slab or blade.

Most materials used today are fast kiln dried. This is performed by force drying the material to a percentage of humidity level then joining. The rest of the drying time occurs after the product is delivered to your home. Usually warping and bowing and always shrinking all in the name of production speed and profit.

We at Scottsdale Art Factory (also known as scottsdaledoorfactory.com) do not rush anything we produce in the name of profit. We have the attitude that our reputation is on the line with each product produced so we simply build the old fashioned way, much like this historic exterior wood door that was built in the 12th century. By using the finest materials, the best master craftsman, along with methods and technology not much different from when the Vikings built this entry door has stood in working order for some 800 or so years. Proving as we always say, “if you build it right with pride of craftsmanship it will never need a warranty and will stand the test of time.”

We at Scottsdale Art Factory “guarantee all of our products forever” - no questions asked. All backed by our over nine decades of fine craftsmanship. We also have on staff some of the worlds best blacksmiths. Using these same techniques as the Vikings did on this door hardware. We still hand make fine hardware in any style. All finishes are patinas not faux or paint. See hundreds of interior and exterior door examples and our blacksmiths at work using hammer, anvil and forge all built to these specifications.

Family Heirloom Becomes Priceless

Many of these furnishings are still found all over the world – now in museums, classical estates, or in your very own home as a family heirloom. Some pieces are hundreds of years old, and as they have aged have become more beautiful from natural aging. The oxidation of natural patinas, regular wear, use, and time can age a fine furnishing and transform these furnishings into unique pieces of artwork. Examples of this quality and history are everywhere. They range from George Washington’s handmade desk to the Besançon cabinet shown top of this page or your grandma’s or grandpa’s old furnishings etc. that has been passed through the generations of your family.

This French Renaissance Cabinet Was Rediscovered November 22, 2005-August 5,2007 At The Getty Center. This Cabinet, French, built about 1580 with late-19th-century additions. As recently as five years ago, most people believed this cabinet was a 19th-century piece purporting to be a 16th-century cabinet—in other words,a Fake.

When scholars reexamined it in 2001, they came to a very different conclusion. They now believe that the cabinet was made in 1580 and is one of the rarest and most valuable cabinets from the French Renaissance in the United States.

This exhibition tells the story of this discovery, offering a case study in how we learn about art. Renaissance Revival cabinet,1800s. Paul F. Miller, curator, Preservation Society of Newport County, discusses the cabinet’s changing fortunes at the Getty Center.

Is It a Fake?
The cabinet was in suspiciously pristine condition and the surface was coated with colored wax, suggesting that someone had tried to make it look older than it really was. Experts concluded that the cabinet was a product of the Renaissance Revival of the 19th century, when American industrial magnates snapped up Renaissance-style furniture, including many fakes, from cash-strapped European aristocrats.

Getty paid $1,700 for the cabinet shown at the top of this page, a far cry from the asking price of $46,640 some 50 years before. The dubious cabinet was never displayed in the Getty Museum—until now. Preparators move the Getty cabinet out of storage, time to reconsider.
In 2001, curators in France organized an exhibition on 16th-century cabinetmaker Hugues Sambin. After a Getty curator visited Écouen to meet with scholars there, she decided to launch a thorough reexamination of the Museum’s cabinet. Curators, conservators, and scientists teamed up to conduct research and scientific analysis. Science can help authenticate an object by dating the materials from which it was made.

The team’s first scientific tool was dendrochronology, or tree-ring dating. Using this method, they discovered that the oak tree used to make the cabinet’s structural panels was harvested in late 1574 or early 1575 in Burgundy, a region in southeastern France.

The rough marks on the back of the cabinet, for example, were made by a hand-held saw and a type of plane used in the 16th century.

The walnut and oak parts of the cabinet also have identical marks from a “bench dog,” a toothed iron clip used to secure wood to a workbench. This suggests that both woods were worked on the same bench at roughly the same time.

Under a layer of red velvet fabric in the cabinet, the team found old nail holes from an earlier lining. These holes held traces of the original 16th-century fabric that still lines the drawer. Analysis of the tacks and tack holes on the door of the cabinet provided further proof of authenticity.

The exhibition is located at the Getty Center, Museum, South Pavilion.

What Does The French Reniance Have To Do With American Furniture ?

A lot more than one might think. Every creative enterprise is always built on a foundation that was laid down by its predecessors. People who themselves were in turn dependent on the groundwork laid down by those who came before. This rule of mans art and enterprise is never more applicable than it is to hand made furniture. Furniture has been hand made for hundreds of years. In times past the same as today men,women and their families were known for their good reputation and their craftsmanship. In fact in the not to distant past the quality of your craft and product allowed you certain privileges. These privileges depended upon a mans word or promise and the true quality of his work. The better these were the higher one could rise. In the case of furnishing, If they were built right they would stand the test of time and become antiquities. It also meant these artisens would be remenbered far past their life times and become imortal in the harts and minds of the true collector and others. This French cabinet and other items like it set the bar for most american furniture makers

An Example Of How Furnishings Hand Built With Pride Of Craftsmanship Stand The Test Of Time. This example also applies to the hand made furnishing you purchase today

Every creative enterprise is always built on a foundation that was laid down by its predecessors. People who themselves were in turn dependent on the groundwork laid down by those who came before. Gustave Stickley’s impact was felt far and wide at the time, he became a major factor in American furniture design. Gustave Stickly and the Greene’s and Halls were the greatest early influence on the Marbella brothers concepts. These pioneers had laid down the foundation that the Marbella brothers would build upon in America.

Still building upon this foundation,is a direct decedent of the Marbella brothers. World renown artist, master craftsman in his own right and designer H.J.Nick carries on to this day the same ideals, methods and master craftsmanship.

Today known as Scottsdale Art Factory located in Scottsdale Arizona this factory is currently building some of the worlds finest handmade entrance doors, hand carved theme doors, custom investment quality furniture, hand-forged lighting chandeliers and hardware. All built to world class standards set down by these predecessors.

H.J.Nick’s Scottsdale Art Factory is one of the largest handmade in America manufacturers. Featuring a state of the art design department headed by H.J.Nick himself. Designs built today are a joint collaboration between the customer and their design department. Using high tech and low tech these investment quality designs are limited only by the customers imagination.

Cedar can also be stained to look like pine (barn wood), oak, alder or worm wood. It can be sand blasted, grain raised or rough sawn to create almost any style of distress desired. White cedar should not be confused with red aromatic cedar. Even though all cedar has the same basic natural qualities, the white cedar used in our hand crafted furnishings and doors is virtually odorless. Exotic Northern White Cedar is the main reason we can offer our “Guaranteed Forever” warranty. (We’ve got over 90 years of experience! Can your local furniture store with foreign made materials and foreign laborers make this claim!?!)