Carlton Hobbs - New York, New York

Director

New York, New York

Art

Antiques and fine art

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As Director of Carlton Hobbs Antiques, LLC, Carlton Hobbs has earned respect around the globe for his comprehensive knowledge of and academic approach toward the acquisition, conservation, research, and sale of rare antiques. Focusing on furniture and works of art from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, Mr. Hobbs favors pieces of British and Continental origin. He particularly seeks works of exceptional merit, including pieces of royal and aristocratic provenance or the works of celebrated designers. For nearly 35 years, Carlton Hobbs has acquired and sold museum-quality furnishings, decorative objects, and works of art, including cabinets, desks, lighting, mirrors, needlework, and paintings. He founded Carlton Hobbs Antiques in 1983.

Together with longtime business partner Stefanie Rinza, Carlton Hobbs currently operates his gallery from Virginia Fair Vanderbilts former mansion, located in New York Citys Upper East Side. Encompassing more than 20,000 square feet, the gallery has housed numerous rare and special objects over the years, and it has served as backdrop to exhibitions such as Inspired by Antiquity: Classical Influences on 18th- and 19th-Century Furniture and Works of Art and On Tops: An Exhibition of Rare Table Tops from the 2nd Century AD to the 19th Century.

In addition to a strong private collector customer base, Carlton Hobbs has sold works to a number of prestigious institutions around the world, including the Muse du Louvre, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Rijksmuseum, the National Galleries of Australia and Greece, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Carlton Hobbs Antiques has exhibited at the most esteemed national and international antique fairs, such as the TEFAF Maastricht, the Biennale de Paris, the Grosvenor House in London, and the Armory in New York City.

For more information, please visit www.carltonhobbs.com.