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Antique collecting can be hard especially if you do not know the industry. In fact, you can lose a lot of money from dubious transactions and fraudulent bargains. This is why it is important that you first know what you are getting into before you go right in and buy antiques. Knowledge is power and in this case, knowledge may mean your financial health. Below are some of the ways to prevent

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If you are deciding to become an antique dealer keep in mind that you will be meeting many different types of people, each of these people you meet have a different role in antique dealings. Many people are now finding antiques as a great way of making their rooms look that little bit more special. When it comes to antiques many people have their own agenda, many people prefer clocks, porcelain,

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From the Orlando Sentinel: Municipal water plants that sent running water into the house were not common in the United States until the 20th century. So instead of flush toilets, people used a large bowl known as a potty or "thunder mug." The well-to-do sometimes had furniture made to conceal the bowl or to make it easier to use.Once those specialized pieces were no longer needed, they were

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The word "rococo" comes from the French "roc" and "coquille", which could be literally translated into English as "rock cockle" and be quite accurate.The term arose from the passion that existed during a portion of the Louis Quinze period for using rocks and shells along with wisps of nondescript foliage carved with bewildering scrolls in every conceivable variety of shape, as the prevailing

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I like the look of wood grain. And like so many people buying antiques, often my first thought when looking at a painted piece is what it would look like stripped of its paint.But for older pieces that were original painted furnishings, removing the paint lessens their value, and makes it harder to determine when they were made and by whom.An article in the Herald-Dispatch by Jean McClelland

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All the chairs of the Louis XIV period were instinct with dignity. In the earlier part of the period they were often pompous and stiff as well, whil in later years, grace and comfort were more evident characteristics.Legs in the early part of this period were often straight, carved and moulded, joined by straight X or saltire stretchers which were also elaborately carved and moulded.About the end

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During the Stuart period, tables became more important articles of furniture than in preceding epochs.The change from movable boards set on top of trestles to permanent table structures had occurred during Tudor times, but it's not till the Stuart period that we find them in significant numbers.Then we meet with long tables that follow the traditional lines of the trestle boards, ingeniously

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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 decorated with marqueterie. They were small and square or rectangular andhad a broad ovolo band with smaller mouldings at the inner and outer

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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, even as early as Tudor times, it elicited admiration and arrived from year to year.Somewhat before the closing years of the seventeenth century it had

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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 of Cromwell's lieutenants seated in an Adam settee or a dainty Sheraton char as it is to imagine Julius Caesar driving a Model-T Ford.Jacobean

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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 incalculably benefits the sense of appreciation and further more stands one in good stead in a thousand other ways.It is not too much to say that anyone who

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Identifying period furniture becomes somewhat easier if you remember that furniture is subject to the same laws of gradual change and development that we find in everything else, one type merging almost imperceptibly into another. In almost every instance there are numerous cases of overlapping between consecutive periods.It is by FORM that we most quickly recognize things, and even a novice, by

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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 and Mary we associate one clearly defined type of furniture -- hooded tops, ogeed and flat arch aprons, straight cup turned legs and shaped

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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 explored the uncovered ruins of the Roman Empire. These created his interest in the classical designs brought about by the discovery of these ancient ruins

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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 for these special items properly ensures that they can be passed down for another generation or sold at their highest value.The following is a brief

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Unless you are collecting for a museum, whatever pieces you purchase ought to have the merit of utility.Of course, a little ingenuity can put old pieces to new uses, but if the piece you are considering is neither beautiful nor useful, it might be best to let it go...Purchasing antiques with no attention to their utility or ability to beautify your environment makes one's abode a museum, not a

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Today, we are reticent to add color to our wooden furniture. But craftsmen of the past did not have such inhibitions, and in most periods of furniture history, you'll find some painted and gilded features, if not entire pieces.The painting on furniture in the Jacobean period, for example, was primarly on carving, where figures of humans and animals were painted various hues, and gilding was often

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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 contours and turnings of pieces because the native English traditions were beginning their mingle with continental influences.Overall, though, the

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