Chasing Silver Falls

One of our favourite vintage shops has expandedall the way into your
living room.

When you next go a-window shopping along Queen West, linger a little
longer at No. 1080, now the home of Silver
Falls Antiques. A cool big sis to Silver Falls Vintage on Ossington,
the recently-opened shop shares space with Katharine Mulherin’s Art
History and has the same recondite vibe. Its specialty: unexpected
objects of interest from Victorian days to just-the-other-days. You can
find a book on Picasso’s cubism next to your Aunt Fran’s punch bowl and
a vintage beauty ad atop a Mennonite workshop unit ($395).

Pick up a spool of antique deadstock ribbon ($20), a female nude
paint-by-number ($85), or any number of odd things you suddenly need.
One of co-owner and curator (plus, artist) Jay Isaac’s favourites this
week? A black wooden flower display ($325), apparently snatched from a
funeral home. We agree: it deserved life. SNP

Silver Falls Antiques, 1080 Queen W., Toronto, 416-588-3500. Check out
their galerie d’objets at www.theironchic.blogspot.com