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Better Homes & Garden
February 2006

"[Items in layout of] Guest Room: Bold and Sassy"

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Art & Antiques
September 2005

"Specializing in classic mid-century modern..."

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Where Magazine
September 2005

"Sisal floors and crisp white walls set off well priced stock"

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Furniture Hot Spots
June 2005

"Gracious walk-up entrance...this chic new store offers mostly mid-century modern...prices are quite attractive here..."

Home & Design
Spring 2004

"Avoiding the kitsch of everyday retro, the carefully selected inventory revolves around antique furnishing, art and accessories by the top designers and high-end manufactures of the era, focusing on the pieces from the late 1940's to early 1970's."

House Beautiful
November 2003

"Clean space with distinctive and vintage objects..."

Baker Furniture Newsletter
October 2003

"To purchase Baker vintage furniture contact Sixteen Fifty Nine..."

Washington Post Home Section
June 19, 2003

" ..an ecletic mix of furnishings from the 1940's to the 1970's... This is no emporium of the ultra-modern or psychedelic. The palette is decidedly neutral-white, black, beige, grey and chocolate, with flashes of orange, gilt and chrome."

Chesapeake Home
September/October 2003

"... Sixteen Fifty Nine is now our ultimate address for postwar 20th-century design extending to furniture, fine art, and objects."