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How to Care for your Antiques
on Jul 20, 2006 in care of antiques collecting antiques antique furniture collecting antique furniture Are you new to collecting? Or have you been given some wonderful heirlooms and haven't the faintest notion on how to care for them?Antiques can be a wonderful reminder of our family, history or even an exotic touch from another place and time. Caring...
A Trained Eye
on Dec 4, 2006 in learning about antiques collecting antiques antique furniture collecting antique furniture identifying period furniture period furniture For the student and lover of old furniture, or for the collector of antiques, there is no asset more useful than a trained eye, quick to detect and remember the slightest variation of line or proportion. such practice of critical scrutiny incalculabl...
Laquer
on Jan 14, 2007 in furniture finishes antique furniture collecting antique furniture furniture laquer identifying period furniture A view of the various kinds of souces of turning will reveal several phrases of international trade relations, but none of the decorative processes will reveal such varied and engaging aspects as laquer.Brought in small quantities from the Orient, ev...
Jacobean Contour and Style
on Jan 14, 2007 in antique furniture collecting antique furniture jacobean furniture The contour and style of the Jacobean period, as of every other period for that matter, more or less faithfully reflected the social, intellectual and religious temprament and manners of the times. It is as unimaginable to think of Dean Hook or one o...
William and Mary Mirrors and Clocks
on Feb 28, 2007 in william and mary antique furniture collecting antique furniture antique mirrors antique clocks MirrorsElaborate mirror frames found in England in this period were carved by Grinling Gibbon, Cibber, or their imitators. Pine or lime woods were generally used.More plain frames were made of walnut or sometimes olive or ebony and were occasionally...