Carlton Hobbs specializes in the acquisition, conservation, and research of 17th, 18th and 19th century British and Continental furniture and works of art, with a focus on pieces of exceptional merit, including specially commissioned items with royal or aristocratic provenance and pieces designed by architects.
Mr. Hobbs is a globally respected dealer in antiques who is well-known for his academic approach to the acquisition of historically significant pieces. Now headquartered in New York, he runs his gallery, Carlton Hobbs LLC, together with his longtime business partner, Stefanie Rinza, a graduate of Harvard Business School and former employee of McKinsey and Co., in London.
Recognizing the importance of provenance, maker and artistic content, the company created a research department that has since developed into what is now one of the most comprehensive specialist antiques archives of several thousand books and source materials. Mr. Hobbs publishes the company’s research in a series of scholarly catalogues and descriptions to share his findings with a broad academic community and to demonstrate the extent to which Carlton Hobbs researches provenance, maker and artistic content for each piece in his gallery’s collection.
Carlton Hobbs LLC sells to a discreet customer base, concentrating on major private and institutional collectors. Some of the world’s most prestigious museums and private collections now house Carlton Hobbs’ pieces including:
The Musée du Louvre
The John Paul Getty Museum
The Rijksmuseum
The National Gallery of Australia
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts
The Musée des Beaux Arts, Dijon
The Bowes Museum
Paxton House
The National Gallery of Greece
We have exhibited at the most prestigious vetted international antiques fairs, including TEFAF Maastricht, Masterpiece, Fine Art Asia, San Francisco Fall Antiques Show, AADLA Spring Show, Paris Biennale des Antiquaires, Grosvenor House, The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show, and The Winter Antiques Show.
Carlton Hobbs is a member of the British Antiques Dealers Association (BADA), of the International Confederation of Art and Antique Dealers’ Associations (CINOA), and of the American Art and Antiques Dealers League (AADLA).