Leather-bound books, brass magnifying glass, and a globe on a mahogany stand in a Victorian study — Academic Study collection, Jolene Le Mille Archive

Academia

Cracked leather and heavy brass from the 1880s to 1950s. The room built for reading, writing, and serious thought — desks, globes, atlases, magnifying glasses, inkwells, journals, pens, and the full correspondence kit of a working mind. The bar cart in the corner. Crystal decanters, whiskey glasses, cigar cases, and pipe stands. Hunting and sporting goods that kept their own category. Everything the study held and the drawing room never quite approved of.

COLLECTION NO. 01

About This Collection

Brass hardware worn smooth at the joints. Ledgers whose pages are blank because whoever kept them finished their accounting long ago. These are the objects of a room built for long hours of concentrated work — sourced from the dispersed libraries of Detroit's professional class and the book rooms of Michigan's university estates.

The task lamps retain their original shades. The inkwells are dry. None of this diminishes them. It is, in fact, the point.

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Silver-Plated Tobacco Box, Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers, Victorian Silver-Plated Tobacco Box, Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers, Victorian
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$195.00
$195.00
Rough-Coat Terrier Wall Hook Plaque | Bone-Shaped Double Peg Rail | Stoney Hill Sensations | Mudroom Decor Rough-Coat Terrier Wall Hook Plaque | Bone-Shaped Double Peg Rail | Stoney Hill Sensations | Mudroom Decor
Rough-Coat Terrier Wall Hook Plaque | Bone-Shaped Double Peg Rail | Stoney Hill Sensations | Mudroom Decor
$32.00
$32.00
Oneida Silver-Plated Oval Scalloped Dish, Made in America Oneida Silver-Plated Oval Scalloped Dish, Made in America
Oneida Silver-Plated Oval Scalloped Dish, Made in America
$19.00
$19.00
Silver plate three-light candelabra with octagonal stepped base — Mid-Century American, 1940s–1960s Three S-curve arms of silver plate candelabra with cup bobeches — dining table centerpiece
Vintage Silver Plate Three-Light Candelabra | Octagonal Stepped Base | S-Curve Arms | Cup Bobeches | Mid-Century American | 1940s–1960s | Dining Table Centerpiece
$39.00
$39.00
Antique Spelter Bellowing Stag Figurine | French Animalier Style | circa 1880–1910 | Dark Patina Cast Metal | Naturalistic Rocky Base | European Wildlife Sculpture | Mantel Decor Antique Spelter Bellowing Stag Figurine | French Animalier Style | circa 1880–1910 | Dark Patina Cast Metal | Naturalistic Rocky Base | European Wildlife Sculpture | Mantel Decor
Antique Spelter Bellowing Stag Figurine | French Animalier Style | circa 1880–1910 | Dark Patina Cast Metal | Naturalistic Rocky Base | European Wildlife Sculpture | Mantel Decor
$149.00
$149.00
Gorham EP Silver-Plated Memo Notepad Holder, Pattern YC53 Gorham EP Silver-Plated Memo Notepad Holder, Pattern YC53
Gorham EP Silver-Plated Memo Notepad Holder, Pattern YC53
$9.00
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