Well, they are both "bird" chests except mine has lost it's birds somewhere along the way.
LOL, yeah well, it was a joke AJ! i wasn't really serious! But, as we have seen in this thread, some folks are just not into early painted...
This Crosman chest below was on the market aprox 5 years ago, it once belonged to Esther Stevens Fraser, the first furniture scholar to identify &...
The Crosman chest? Yes, it is, ditto brass pulls. It is the only Crosman chest that is signed & it serves as a kind of Rosetta stone for the other...
And finally, THIS! for all the non beer drinkers, note the cartoon at bottom where one is offered. DEAD FUNNY! [ATTACH]
LOL, yeah, well you know, a slight exaggeration! Still, old furniture in general isn't exactly in fashion these days. I can see why people back...
[ATTACH] Yeah, i am goin with springfld on this one, late classical, empire revival or whatever you want to call it, late 19th century, throne...
LOL, i hear you Estates! Me too! Let's see now, there's you, me and about 5 other people in the world that like this kind of furniture, most...
Glad you liked! Paint was a very big deal back in the day when america left the rather boxy, chunky furniture of the pilgrim era built by joiners...
Apparently, it was all the rage last summer as a cell phone game, naturally i missed out on the whole thing.
Thar She Blowssssssssssssssssssss, good job say it slowly, another mystery solved!
lol, god almighty! what's goin on over here? IT'S POKEMON MANIA! [MEDIA]
Connecticut blanket chests in the same era have a much more floral paint decoration, like this [ATTACH]
Thanks! but i now argue, it's not a connecticut chest. I took this chest to a museum conservator to get his opinion on it and after i gave him the...
Kinda slow in furniture section so thought i would try out my new cell phone cam (samsung galaxy), pretty good cam, i am impressed! This painted...
Oh boy, that is absolutely correct, i've heard it mentioned by more than one civil war collector that upwards of 80% of confederate objects...
Agrees with others, paint away! Most antique furniture people are dead set against painting wood furniture, i am not among them. The reason?...
Which brings up another point, it would be helpful when joining forum to post to at least identify country poster is posting from, save A LOT of...
Well, thead had slid into 3D printing anyway so, why not! Yes, i had seen this video awhile ago, incredible!
This is way off thread & probably against forum rules but for anyone interested in period early oak furniture, Paul Fitzsimmons operates...
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