LOL, I am guessing but they probably worked in teams, some cutting/felling trees, some stripping bark, some riving logs into boards, etc. The...
LOL, Yeah! Well, thing is the perception that all we did back then was sit around in caves and decorate the cave walls with images is false. This...
I bet! Turns out we were not as primitive as many would think, mortise & tenon joints in riven oak 7000 years ago? Jeez, that's incredible. [ATTACH]
Not too long ago, archaeologist Rengert Elburg found something that convinced him that “Stone Age sophistication” is not a contradiction in terms....
Yep, agree with others, Eastlake, late victorian, mom did a good job on covering, I like the look, it modernizes the piece and gives it a fresh...
Jeez, sounds like old furniture issues! Weird that sunlight causes cracks in stone. Good job on opal restoration!
Yeah, I'd guess that is correct, one thing for sure, it's not a period piece.
Probably shellac or varnish
Agreed, it seems made to look old to me, not only the carving but hardware/nails as well, absolutely not a 16th -17th century chest.
Grain painted to resemble rosewood?
Yes, patina on wood is literally "skin deep" and if you sand the piece in any significant way it's known as "skinned". Ditto if piece is dunked in...
Yeah, agree on date, mid 19th century, late Classical often misnamed Empire. Desk-bookcase in mahogany veneer, it does look like leather on...
I'd say paint away judging by the painted piece you did in another thread. I know of a couple that buys old furniture for a song and decorates...
Impressive paint job and the federal style pulls don't hurt it at all. Very attractive.
Boy, i dunno about Australia but in USA old furniture has been dead for over 10 years and shows no sign of coming back anytime soon, it could be...
Looks like a victorian version of "jacobean revival" with north wind faces which were popular in that era, probably english.
I don't really think it's important where bench was made, it's a revival piece and this style has been popular at various times on both sides of...
It happens today more than one thinks, there is a large hand tools only furniture movement and, they sometimes pay big bucks for early tools....
Yeah, that's more like it plus, it's got a cushion!
No offence but, it looks like a pie in the sky offering from a dealer to me. Here is an identical piece or more likely the same piece offered from...
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