Oliver Dunn, Moss & Co, Catharine Roberts

Oliver Dunn, Moss and Co, and Catharine Roberts share the commercial address at 1657 Wisconsin Avenue NW, combining three specialist dealers in English antiques, estate furniture, and fine art in a single upper Georgetown Wisconsin Avenue location. The shared address model, in which multiple specialist dealers occupy the same commercial space, is common in the antique trade and allows the dealers to share the fixed costs of the retail location while maintaining their individual specializations and buyer relationships.

The English antique tradition that Oliver Dunn and Moss and Co represent in this shared address covers the range of the English decorative arts from the seventeenth through the early twentieth century: the Georgian furniture in mahogany and walnut, the silver from the London workshops of the great silversmiths, the porcelain from the English factories of Chelsea, Derby, and Worcester, and the oil paintings of the English portrait and landscape tradition. The Georgetown residential market for these objects is sustained by the neighborhood’s historical connection to the Anglo-American diplomatic tradition and by the Federal-period architecture that is most authentically furnished with the period furniture and objects that the English antique trade provides.

Catharine Roberts, the fine art component of the shared address, brings the paintings, watercolors, and works on paper that complement the antique furniture and decorative arts that Oliver Dunn and Moss and Co provide. The combination of the antique furniture dealer and the fine art dealer at the same address provides the Georgetown collector with the complete domestic interior resource.

Hours run Tuesday through Saturday. The shared antique address at 1657 Wisconsin provides the Georgetown collector with access to three complementary specialist perspectives in a single visit: the English furniture that Oliver Dunn presents, the estate objects and the silver that Moss and Co specializes in, and the paintings and works on paper that Catharine Roberts offers. The three specializations cover the full range of the English domestic interior from the seventeenth through the early twentieth century, which allows the Georgetown collector who is assembling a historically coherent room to address multiple needs at the same address.

The Wisconsin Avenue antique corridor context at 1657 places this shared address in the block that concentrates the upper Georgetown antique and gallery market. The David Bell Antiques at 1655, the Hunter and Huntress at 1665, and the other specialist dealers in the surrounding addresses create the antique district that the serious Georgetown collector uses as a regular shopping destination. Hours run Tuesday through Saturday. The shared commercial address at 1657 Wisconsin Avenue NW, which concentrates three specialist dealers in a single location, reflects the Wisconsin Avenue upper commercial block’s character as a destination for the Georgetown collector who comes to the neighborhood specifically for the art and antique experience. Hours run Tuesday through Saturday, and the three dealers at this address maintain the specialist knowledge that the serious Georgetown collector depends on.