LOL, oh dear, BANNED!
Dang! Why is the press reporting it incorrectly? It sounds worse than the press over here, if that's possible!
LOL, Looks like a desk/bookcase from over here. :cigar:
I agree, a good quality finish is really required if the piece has any hope of survival and, that goes for 17th-18th century pieces as well. Bad...
Very nice! Looks like tiger/figured maple on bookcase doors Does anyone recognize this stamp on an old curio thing It's a desk/bookcase, isn't it?
Yeah, photos are very limiting, can't see the whole piece, either one.
Yes, I think that's correct, there is a lot of victorian era furniture that still has it's original surface. There are many reasons for this i...
LOL, I specialize in that sorta thing! :woot:
I would argue that so far as 17th & 18th century american furniture is concerned, "original finish or surface" is mostly a fantasy, a marketing...
Very good point, I would add that just because something is old doesn't mean it's valuable or desirable. They made junk in the 18th & 19th century...
Getting back to Flexner, I think his main argument is, when a piece of antique furniture or any piece of furniture really gets demoted out of the...
I don't think it's a fake, it's just not antique is all. I doubt this was marketed when new as an old piece.
Gear heads are always first Ruth! they got engines in their stuff!
OK, dang mag antiques! they will NOT let me access their old issue archive! They want to sell me the old copy! When it was still available online,...
Yeah, he just faded away there, not a good sign i would think but no one knows for sure where he got off too that i am aware.
There is another thread that just popped up from last year with him posting...
No, i would say you have some of this incorrect, Kirk was talking about stripping PAINTED furniture, a totally different thing. Around 2000 he...
Agrees with @johnnycb09 , 20th century, there are 4 or 5 boards joined together to make up the top suggesting not very old.
The only reason i know about Flexner and the AR fiasco is, many years ago (maybe 10-15) i decided to find out who in the hell started this...
Yeah is but, it happens! The good news is almost anything can be restored.
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