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Jacobean Period Furniture
on Jul 19, 2006 in corllean furniture antique furniture jacobean period jacobean furniture cromwellian furniture The most common types of furniture from this period are:chairsstoolsformssetteeslove seatsday bedsbedsteadsmirrorstablesfoot stoolschestscupboardscabinetsbuffetsdresserssideboardsThe early part of the Jacobean period is a wide diversity in the contou...
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...
The Furniture Style Of the Brothers Adam
on Jul 22, 2006 in adam period antique furniture antique tables adam furniture brothers adam Although Chippendale was the first of the great Georgian Cabinetmakers, he was quickly followed by other famous figures, among whom are the brothers Robert and James Adam. Robert Adam was born in 1728. He studied architecture in Italy and also explor...
William and Mary (1688-1702)
on Jul 24, 2006 in william and mary antique furniture antiques period furniture The William and Mary period is short, concise and easily understood. Especially compared to the preceding Jacobean period. Because it lasts a mere 14 years, styles did not have the opportunity to run through numerous changes.With the names of William...
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...