Art Furniture

The Maritime

Painted Saltbox Gallery

ABOUT OUR

ART

FURNITURE

Piano Bar, Artist Peter Blais

SOLD

When the Painted Saltbox Gallery first opened in 1997, the mandate was not only to showcase the acrylic paintings of artists Tom Alway and Peter Blais, but also to design and build heritage reproduction furniture in the German tradition of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.

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Peter attaching the doors to the cupboard

The design drawing for a Linen Press

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Tom working on cupboard doors

The first pieces were largely architectural in nature, and included large corner cupboards and wardrobes. Soon, there followed farm tables, dry sinks, lamp tables. Reproduction folk art pieces were added to the repertoire, followed by lamps, games tables and benches.

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A Selection of some of the Art Furniture we have created and sold at the Maritime Painted Saltbox

3-door crackled buffet

Cod & Boat Table

parcheesi board

2-door magic cupboard

Jam Cupboard

Buoy Cupboard

8-drawer console table

Shaker legged desk

Standing 11 drawer cupboard

Triangular wall cupboard

Mica Shade Table lamp

Salmon painted cupboard

Harvest Table

Wall cupboard

chimney cupboard

Stairway to the Attic

Shore Leave Cupboard

Buoy bench

xylophone table

piano bench

3-drawer sofa table

Double door glazed storage cupboard

Some Standout Pieces and Currently Available Work in the Gallery

In time, more and more gallery space was required for fine art and the emphasis on furniture diminished and transitioned from reproduction to modestly scaled contemporary, art furniture pieces, drawing heavily on the lively folk art tradition of rural Nova Scotia.

The Gallery continues to showcase a selection of contemporary, painted furniture pieces and handcrafted lamps as a colourful compliment to the bold acrylic paintings of artists Tom Alway and Peter Blais. Pictures of new pieces will be posted here from time to time.