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Living with antiques: the Brune-Reutlinger house, San Francisco.

The Magazine Antiques

| August 01, 2005 | Dunlop, Hank | COPYRIGHT 2005 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The Brune-Reutlinger house, in San Francisco was designed by Henry Geilfuss and built in 1886 by C. H. Weiss for Henry Brune, a saloon owner and liquor wholesaler. (1) The three-story Italianate house (Pl. V) has a double parlor, formal dining room, family dining room, conservatory, and kitchen on the second floor; five bedrooms and a large bathroom on the third floor; and a ballroom and servants quarters on the ground floor, which have now been somewhat reconfigured.

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In 1907 the Gallagher family, also merchants, purchased the house and many of the furnishings, to which they added arts and crafts objects. They also did a certain ...

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