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Guesses he was just showing off his router skills and, whatever you wanted to put in the cubby was just fine with him. :) Box was router "carved"...
Yes, you are not alone on that score but, it's really not a W&M style, more like Charles ll which was the style in England just before W&M or...
Book-matched spalted maple lumber, if you have to ask, you can't afford it. :) Luthiers (especially guitar makers) pay big money for this kind of...
Yeah, cool stuff no doubt. One has to be lucky to get spalted maple, it's just starting to decay but hasn't gotten "punky" yet which would make...
Looks like it could be spalted maple in the photo. "Spalted Maple is technically not a specific species of Maple, but rather a type of Maple that...
Where the Jenny Lind spool turnings originated. American, Maple Hi-Lo stretcher "bobbin" turned table, C 1680-1700 [ATTACH]
LOL, OK! there is an optimistic view of the situation.:happy: OTOH, I have been hearing this for more than a few years.......:oops:
I just recently learned about them, their military prowess & conquests are unreal, reaching mythical proportions. They took on EVERYBODY, the...
Somebody in here said the magic word, Comanche, and it was like a moth to flame, I was on it like a BAD HABIT!:p
I am betting that's RIGHT!
Yes, also known as "Bobbin" turnings which were popular during the last quarter of the 17th century, the reign of Charles ll Guesses mid 19th...
And, like me, it appears they had ZERO interest in pottery. BAM! :happy:
Yes, I have ZERO interest in pottery, Comanches OTOH is a different matter, which is how I came upon this thread. These guys were like ancient...
LOL, well I see most are focusing on a minor point. The point I was making is that the Lords of the Plains were fierce fighters, the most feared...
Interesting, that makes sense to me as Comanches were known as "Lords of the Plains" and made their living raiding. Odd to think of them sitting...
Gary Sullivan, the clock dealer who dabbles in period American furniture, had a period one of these for sale, in his sold inventory....
Ditto, they fit the style of the table very well, those Chippendale key escutcheons were odd, the rosettes that replaced them are more appropriate...
Yep did, very thoughtful to do that. These Sandwich glass pulls are going on 200 years old now, thinks they started glass making there sometime in...
Has a Federal-era (1790-1830) chest that has Sandwich glass pulls/knobs. The previous owner had replaced them with white porcelain pulls but...
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