Antique Furniture Styles. Choosing the Right Antiques for Your Home
The period and style of antique furniture you choose to decorate your home with can say a lot about your own style and taste. So, how do you make sure what you choose is the right kind of antique furniture, that it's a sound investment in both taste and style that fits your budget but won't stop being fashionable
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Collecting Antique Rattan Furniture
The History & Design of Vintage and Antique Rattan Furniture.
Antique Rattan furniture evokes contradictory impressions: Casual, but Victorian-formal; Classic, but linked to the 19th century; Ephemeral, but timeless.
Today, reactions to rattan furniture range from those owners who can’t wait to get rid of “that old stuff” to furniture collectors who cheerfully troop through endless yard sales to find treasured pieces.
Rattan furniture itself can range from battered, ...
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Tips on Repair & Caring for Antique Furniture
Tips on the Repair & Care of Antique Furniture and Furnishings.
It's rare for antique furniture to be kept solely for display purposes, so certain precautions are necessary in caring for antique furniture if it is to withstand years of daily wear and tear.
Treat your antique furniture with due respect for the original use it was designed for.
The surface of an old desk, for instance, was not designed to withstand the pressure of a ball point pen.
Tilting or leaning back on a chair, ...
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Antique Terms (XYZ)
An Antique Marks Glossary for Antique Terms beginning with X, Y or Z
Below you will find antique terms for words beginning with X, Y and Z including meanings and definitions that cover everything from x-chair to zsolnay and zeotrope.
x-chair (furniture - medieval chair)
A medieval x-framed chair popular in 15thC. Italy. and in 18thC. Britain by Sheraton. Sometimes called a savonarola.
Antique Terms beginning with Y
yao (chinese - ware)
A chinese word meaning 'ware'.
yataghan (milit...
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