Our Story
Quittner started as a small antiques store inspired by a shared passion for artifacts from the past. Today, we are a design practice, workshop, and store rooted in traditional forms.
We both developed a love for old homes at a young age. Ben learned proportion, layering, and the importance of a slightly askew book from Midwood, his grandmother’s 1880’s home in the Hudson Valley. Pippa absorbed a comfort with the past in the Ridgely House, a 1726 Delaware home her family has lived in since the 1760's. Brought together as children and reunited as grown-ups, we've found shared meaning and purpose in preservation and creation.
We design and make lighting and homewares inspired by older forms, draw on traditional methods and techniques. We also restore antique lighting for preservation and new home projects alike.
In our store, our work is shown alongside collected pieces from the past. We believe a home should amplify what you value, so we prioritize the use of natural and renewable materials, champion craft, and make in-house and with friends.
We take presenting our designs alongside antiques as a challenge.
They too must last a century.
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Press
Our work has been featured in numerous publications and venues including:
The Berkshire B (Winter 2025-6), A Well-Designed Podcast (Episode 1086), Homeworthy (May 2025), Architectural Digest (August 2024, November 2023), Hudson Valley Magazine (April 2022, January 2023, August 2023 - web version), New York Cottages & Gardens and Hamptons Cottages & Gardens (May/June 2023), House Beautiful (October 2022), Veranda (October 2022), Designers Today (October 2022), Inside + Out Upstate NY (October 2022), Chronogram (October 2022), Brownstoner (September 2022, October 2022), Upstate House (Summer 2022, Winter 2022), The Albany Times Union (March 11, 2022), The New York Times (March 2022), Financial Times (May 2022), The Magazine ANTIQUES, The Curious Objects Podcast (December 2020)
Object Lessons
Pippa and Ben have written the Object Lesson feature for each issue of The Magazine ANTIQUES since 2019. Explore past Object Lessons.
Our Team
