Yeah, I don't think antique or for children either, decorator piece perhaps? As Ghopper notes, 3 legged chairs were a "thing" in the 17th century,...
Yep, totally agree. You see evidence of the change in furniture construction from the Federal period (1790-1830) where furniture was entirely hand...
More likely 1840s-1850 here in the states when furniture making went from all handmade to steam-powered machines. Not only were old-growth forests...
Another big factor I am pretty sure is, wide boards just do not fit in with industrial time/speed constraints when manufacturing furniture with...
There's a market for this stuff by the wealthy as well, if you happen to own an ocean Yacht or large Airplane and you want the interior fitted...
Yep, these guys are gone, Gone, GONE! on wood, in particular, OLD WOOD!
10- 15 years ago, I paid approximately $600- $700 for that board, today, you would have to double/triple that number easily. The other thing you...
Indeed, it had a beautiful price tag attached as I recall! :p Here in the states, they have what I call "boutique sawmills", sawmill companies...
It depends, if it makes you happy then YES! if for resale NO! Exactly
When they ran out of old-growth/ virgin/ first cut forests which was toward the end of the 18th century on the east coast and gradually followed...
Yes, a lot of this form around from this period so had to be very popular plus, they made them for quite a long time, up until 1900 or so with...
It's Late Classical, mid 19th century, machine-built except for the drawer boxes. Pulls have been "updated" with victorian handles, appears to...
Yep, agree with all the above plus, this one has the mirror attached so I'd say $150 was very fair.
Indeed, it's been around for hundreds of years and is still being used today, there's a reason for that. UPDATE: Make that thousands of years. :p...
Agrees, victorian silver chest on stand, probably english.
BINGO! I think we have a winner here
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