VERY cool thread! dead funny!
Well, a good finish is vital to furniture if it has any plans to hang around, particularly if centuries of time are involved. Sunlight for...
Skinner has a pretty good rep, i think they would refund the money if object description is false. Condition or other issues, no, probably not.
Oh dear, say it ain't so! dead funny!
The question i have is, where is Skinner located in all this? I know they have people on staff to look at many different objects but may be not...
Yep, i would agree 100% with what Brad said. I didn't mean to go on a rant about restore/refinish old furniture but it's a pet peeve of mine...
oh dear! it's a fake? Just what the antiques industry needs, more mis-information & fakes :sour:
Now that i have completely blown this thread apart, i may as well post my findings on where all this "original finish" fetish started. John T Kirk...
LOL, yeah, even a blind squirrel is going to find an acorn every now an then!
This in my view is incorrect. Skinning to me is when you remove the patina or surface of the wood by sanding (a big NO NO) or dunking it in a vat...
Nice. 250 is ambitious huh, jeez, prices are really in depression status.
Pretty, and not exactly cheap either. I notice bowls were dated 1920, i was CLOSE!
Yes agreed and, when buyers are fed a bunch of nonsense about "original finish" and sold objects that turned out to be not what were told it was...
I just dug out entire letter June 2002 Commentary “Antiques Roadshow” and Refinishers By Peter Cook Awhile ago, we at Antiques Roadshow received...
Thing is, if you collect 200-300 year old furniture, the idea that 90% or more of these pieces have their original surface is mostly a fantasy, it...
July 12th, 1928 @ EXACTLY 3:35 p.m. BAM! I don't have a clue either but since i am here, a little bump can't hurt!
So what? Still a nice chair! Old chairs almost always have feet that are "ended out", ditto tables and almost any furniture form that have feet...
I would guess late 18th century (1780-1800), not early because of the arms, if chair was early they would most likely be turned, not shaped as...
Where are you, where is the chair?
I know that's right. Agreed, these ladder backs were built for over 100 years in america, into the 19th century so in person exam is required. It...
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