Neat, Finch started in the lumber biz & building furniture in the 1860s i think & it later became "Thomasville Furniture" around the turn of the...
LOL, YEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAA, late classical is on the come back trail! Agrees, much antique furniture is a bargain these days for many reasons but,...
As you can see from that Blog link i posted above, these 2 furniture forms are related but very different as well. The lines/form is the same but...
Late Classical was built from large chunks of pine or poplar wood sawed on steam powered band saws & mahogany veneer applied over that for...
Well, it's a term made up by people who WANT it to be American Empire when they sell it. American Empire is rare and quite valuable as each piece...
Unfortunately, that's about correct, prices are way down for most antique furniture forms, it's just not fashionable at the moment. There are...
Late Classical or Pillar & Scroll, mid 19th century or later, machine built. Many confuse this style with Empire, it has the same lines but none...
Actually, no. I only collect old AMERICAN furniture & have this horrible chauvinism towards american only. I have softened a bit over the years...
Hopes AJ remembers, I have never seen anything like this before. Although machine made that wood/veneer selection & inlay is very impressive i...
Not. A. Clue. but, some of that veneer figure is very nice, i would guess victorian era.
Hard to see the figure in wood with photo's as pear is a very pale/pinkish colored wood but, in person it's quite striking. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
LOL, Yes, i hear you! It was from the Barbara Johnson estate (you know, the Johnson & Johnson Band Aid people). It was SUPPOSED to be American but...
Yeah, agrees. I had the same experience with an english 18th century table a couple years ago, it was built with Pear wood. I left it as it was...
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