Certainly looks usable! We had a place at a mall here that carried lots of Asian made furniture and was difficult to tell some of it from the real...
Knapp joints on the drawer. Thomas Knapp of Wisconsin in about 1867 (right after the Civil War) designed and perfected this type of joinery....
Some of you folks really get lucky at times, but then that's what antiquing is all about. For those of you have the cat problem, have you tried...
Looks like one that we bought used in 1962 for rocking a new baby. It rocked a lot, but it did not hold up. The arms soon came loose and then...
It's a "K" according to my mom's old calligraphy book.
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As a child in the 40's we had a larger one with stiffer bristles for scrubbing vegetables that we had just brought in from our garden, but then we...
In college, I had a zoology professor that collected and wore brooches of all kinds of animals: beetles, chameleons, spiders, snakes, pigs,...
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A friend of mine told me that when he was in the service in Korea, which was much later than this brooch of course, that the Koreans rounded up...
Thank you for this wonderful lesson on Lace. We get so many pieces of lace at the Richards-DAR Museum and it's always a quandary as to whether it...
Gee, I am so new at this that I do not know what I would do. But, 1.) I would certainly have a second look if I found them in a yard sale or...
Have you ever tried Baroque Wax or Gilders Paste? https://www.gilderspaste.com/ You can use these and make a custom color of your liking, even...
Could it also be used as the underplate for a pitcher (silver or crystal) of ice water to catch the moisture from the sweating. That is how I use...
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It is definitely satin stitch on the smaller petals and the leaves and whipped stem stitch on the stems. But, why are we saying metallic thread?...
Looks like the pieces I learned embroidery on as a child and put in my "hopeless" chest. Were used to keep the oils and pomades on hair from...
I cannot imagine why you would want to paint this beautiful piece. Painted it would get paint chips on the edges, scratches on the top, finger...
I was given a brooch and matching earrings in blue and white china said to be made of china shards from the Atocha. I get more compliments on...
Also, most of the towel racks we two to three pieces that were put together so that you could spread them apart for drying more towels. What you...
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