Welcome to Carswell Rush Berlin, Inc.

    Welcome to Carswell Rush Berlin, Inc. The mission of Carswell Rush Berlin is to bring to the market important high-style examples of furniture designed and made between 1800 and 1840, the years when the Classical style was popular, in America’s leading fashion and furniture-making centers – Salem, Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore – .  We focus on pieces ordered from the finest designers and bespoke cabinetmakers by the wealthiest strata of American society of the period.
    We offer authentic furniture, period lighting, period fireplace equipment and decorative accessories including period silver, glass, brass, porcelain and works of art.  All items are authentic and unconditionally guaranteed to be as described. Carswell Berlin is a USPAP certified appraiser.

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    Gilt-Stenciled Rosewood Pier Table by Duncan Phyfe

    Our Approach

    Our approach and mission of Carswell Rush Berlin, Inc., is to bring to the market important, high-style examples of furniture designed and made in America’s leading fashion and furniture-making centers between 1800 and 1840.

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    Trusted by the World’s Premier Museums

    The firm’s approach is highly selective, only buying for inventory examples that meet the highest standards of design excellence, craftsmanship, quality of materials, original condition and rarity.  This is why we are trusted by the World’s Premier Museums.

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    Two Classical Carved Mahogany Stools or “Tabourettes”

    How to Shop for American Classical Furniture

    How to Shop for American Classical Furniture will help if you are a beginning collector or would like to learn more before you buy.  We could offer the following advice how to learn about and how to shop for American Classical furniture.

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    Featured Inventory

    These pieces of living history represent the crowning achievements of their makers – many of whom epitomized the styles in which they crafted.

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