Important Update: Our Farewell Sale Begins
It is with a heavy heart – but also a deep sense of pride – that we share some significant news.
After 54 wonderful years serving the North Shore of Chicago, the Federalist Antiques is beginning the process of winding down our operations.
While the final closing date is yet to be determined, we are starting this transition today. To express our sincerest gratitude for your loyalty over the decades, we are offering a tiered discount of 40 to 60% off on our entire inventory, including exceptional pieces previously excluded from sales.
The Details of Our Farewell Sale
40% Off - $400 - $1,999
50% Off - $2,000 - $4,999
60% Off - $5,000 and up
The discount applies to everything online, in-store, and in our Lake Forest warehouse. Your savings will be automatically applied during online checkout or at the register.
Much of our collection is not currently on the shop floor or online. If you’re searching for something specific, please reach out — we’re happy to share tear sheets, photos, or arrange a private viewing at our warehouse. Additionally, we will be changing and adding to the shop floor weekly, so new furniture, artwork, lighting, and decorative pieces for the home will be on display and available for purchase.
This is a rare opportunity to acquire exceptional pieces at remarkable value as we celebrate our five decades of curated history and design on the North Shore. We invite you to visit us in the coming weeks to explore our collection, discover hidden treasures, and celebrate the legacy of Federalist Antiques with us as we look to our next phase.
With sincere appreciation,
Michael, Patricia, and Justin Corbett
Featured Objects
Set of 18 mulberry decorated Delft tiles (1700's)
Large set of 18 mulberry decorated faience tiles. These tiles were fabricated during the late 18th to early 19th century and depict a baroque floral arrangement of three tulips in an urn within an inscribed circle. This format retains the Baroque tradition of scale and composition. The corners are defined by three pairs of lines radiating out from the inscribed circle with the interspace of mulberry dashes.
Holland, circa 1790.
Condition: Marks, chips, and wear commensurate with age and use. Good overall condition.
Materials: Faience
Dimensions: 5" L x 5" W
SKU: 4646
Tear sheets are available on request.
SHIPPING & DELIVERY:
The Federalist Antiques ships throughout the Chicagoland area, Nationally, and Internationally. Shipping is calculated at checkout and all items ship with either UPS or uShip, depending on the size of the item. We also offer free delivery for all pieces within a 10 mile radius of our gallery in Kenilworth. If you have any questions about your order or about specialized shipping logistics, please contact us at: info@federalistantiques.com
Our complete Shipping & Returns policies are here
Featured Artwork
Pair of basso-relievo ornithological studies by Isaac Spackman (1754-69)
During the mid-eighteenth century, Irish artist Samuel Dixon invented and popularized a new painting technique known as basso-relievo, most notably used to embellish natural history subjects, especially birds and flowers. Artists employing the basso-relievo method used a copper-plate mould to emboss the the paper from the back to create a three-dimensional composition. Each work was then painted with watercolors and highlighted with gouache. These works were not only decorative paintings but models to be copied by amateur embroiderers and needleworkers of the time.
London-based artist Isaac Spackman imitated Dixon’s technique, and like his contemporary, he borrowed imagery from George Edwards’ Natural History of Uncommon Birds. However, each artist utilized the Natural History of Uncommon Birds imagery differently. While Dixon copied every detail of Edwards’ compositions, Spackman copied only the birds. Dixon, who had three apprentices, could afford to replicate each minute detail, while Spackman, who worked alone, focused only on the avian subjects.
The first work in this set features a Blue Creeper and a Indian Greenfinch. As indicated on the original label affixed to the reverse: "The Indian Greenfinch is a native of the East Indies, and was brought alive to England, the other is a native of the West Indies, and was in the collection of the late Duke of Richmond."
The second work features a Perera and a Picinuna, both South American birds. The original label states: "Both these same and curious birds was the property of Dr Grainger who had the skins with three others curiously stuffed, they came from South America."
Spackman produced his first set of twelve paintings in 1754, the second in 1764, and the third and final grouping in 1769.
London, England, 1754-69.
Condition: Good condition with some discoloration to the edges. Both works have been professionally conserved and reframed in archival float mounts with ebonized reeded moldings under UV filtering glass. Wear commensurate with age and use.
Materials: Gouache, Watercolor, Embossed Paper
Dimensions: 15-3/8” W x 3/4” D x 18” H (framed)
8-1/4 W x 10-1/2" H (artwork)
SKU: 9470
Tear sheets are available on request.
SHIPPING & DELIVERY:
The Federalist Antiques ships throughout the Chicagoland area, Nationally, and Internationally. Shipping is calculated at checkout and all items ship with either UPS or uShip, depending on the size of the item. We also offer free delivery for all pieces within a 10 mile radius of our gallery in Kenilworth. If you have any questions about your order or about specialized shipping logistics, please contact us at: info@federalistantiques.com
Our complete Shipping & Returns policies are here
Featured Furniture
American Sheraton cherry and curly maple four drawer bow front chest (c. 1815)
now $2,720.00 $3,400.00
20%
off
American Eastlake upholstered & painted walnut tete-a-tete (c. 1880)
American Eastlake tete-a-tete of painted black walnut. The seats rest on eight turned legs which terminate in cast brass cup castors. The seats and back crest rail have been reupholstered in gray mohair velour and trimmed with wool satin cording.
American, circa 1880.
Condition: Wood surfaces have been painted and chair has been reupholstered. Marks and wear throughout commensurate with age and use.
Materials: Walnut, Paint, Brass, Mohair Upholstery
Dimensions: 47" W x 24" D x 27" H
16" (seat height)
20" (seat width)
23" (seat depth)
SKU: 2226
Tear sheets are available on request.
SHIPPING & DELIVERY:
The Federalist Antiques ships throughout the Chicagoland area, Nationally, and Internationally. Shipping is calculated at checkout and all items ship with either UPS or uShip, depending on the size of the item. We also offer free delivery for all pieces within a 10 mile radius of our gallery in Kenilworth. If you have any questions about your order or about specialized shipping logistics, please contact us at: info@federalistantiques.com
Our complete Shipping & Returns policies are here
Featured Jewelry
Michael Kneebone Italian cameo pendant with pearl earrings set
Exquisitely carved oval shell cameo profile pendant of Zeus remounted in a custom 18K gold bezel with enhancements of mabé pearls, white diamonds, and a square cut cognac diamond. The pendant is accompanied by matching mabé pearl earrings in 18K gold settings with white and cognac diamond enhancements. The cameo was made for the Grand Tour market and is indicative of the finest Neapolitan cameo carving, the tradition of which stretches back to antiquity.
Stamped on the reverse: MK, (Michael Kneebone) 18K
Naples, Italy, early 19th century.
Pendant Mount & Earrings: contemporary American.
Dimensions: 3" L x 1-3/4" W (pendant)
1" L x 3/4" W (earrings)
Materials: Shell, Pearl, 18K Gold, White & Cognac Diamonds
SKU: 6082
Tear sheets are available on request.
SHIPPING & DELIVERY:
The Federalist Antiques ships throughout the Chicagoland area, Nationally, and Internationally. Shipping is calculated at checkout and all items ship with either UPS or uShip, depending on the size of the item. We also offer free delivery for all pieces within a 10 mile radius of our gallery in Kenilworth. If you have any questions about your order or about specialized shipping logistics, please contact us at: info@federalistantiques.com
Our complete Shipping & Returns policies are here
