ANTIQUES(2011/10/14)
   What passion did Leonard Bernstein, James Beard and the decorator Mark Hampton all share? A love of faux-bamboo furniture. They were not the first, of course; faux bamboo has been popular since the 1860's. It's so likable, almost no one doesn't like it,said Margot Johnson, a New York dealer in late-19th-century American furniture from the Aesthetic Movement.
   ''American faux bamboo is fairly rare today because only one company, R. J. Horner, really specialized in manufacturing it, and not much was made,'' she said. ''It is more refined than European faux bamboo. It was bought in the 1890's for the large shingle-style summer houses in Newport and Maine.'' Both Ms. Johnson and Newel Art Galleries in New York regularly sell faux-bamboo antiques.
   On Sept. 25, Doyle New York will auction a large collection of bamboo and faux-bamboo furniture made in the United States, France and Asia. The viewing begins on Sept. 21 at Doyle, 175 East 87th Street, Manhattan. The catalog is on its Web site, www.DoyleNewYork.com. The 60 lots include Victorian and Edwardian beds, armoires, desks, bookcases, dressing tables, a fire screen and lots of fanciful chairs.
   ''I call it the first casual furniture,'' said John Palatinus, the former owner of Day Lily Hill Antiques in New Hope, Pa., and the consignor at Doyle. He said he was selling his personal collection, acquired over the last 40 years while he was visiting the Netherlands, France, England and Asia.
   ''I used to be able to find it in New York, when there were a lot of small importers on 11th and 12th Streets,'' he said. ''Then it got scarce.'' He is selling because he is retiring. ''I'm moving to Palm Springs, the epicenter of midcentury modern,'' he said.
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