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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 2849376, member: 5066&quot;]Here is an article that talks about the history of this style of furniture</p><p><a href="http://theantiquesalmanac.com/victoriancottagecharm.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theantiquesalmanac.com/victoriancottagecharm.htm" rel="nofollow">http://theantiquesalmanac.com/victoriancottagecharm.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;This style is known as Cottage Victorian. Most of the time, Cottage Victorian furniture had simple wooden knobs and handles.</p><p>Cottage furniture became popular in the United States, particularly in summer along the East Coast, after the Civil War. Pieces began appearing in workshops and then homes of the wealthy in places like Martha&#039;s Vineyard, Cape May, and the Berkshires. But the popularity of these items didn’t remain exclusively with the upper class. As the middle class grew, equally elegant, but relatively reasonably priced versions began to appear in the homes of the nation’s growing work force, particularly in Pennsylvania and New England.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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