In his most recent column, Furniture Detective Fred Taylor discusses the importance of size in determining the true identity of antique furniture like tables. Read More +
Furniture Detective: Determining table type is as easy as measuring
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Furniture Detective: Pinning down Heywood-Wakefield value is hard
In the most recent installment of his Furniture Detective column, Fred Taylor helps a collector determine the best course for dealing with a formica top on a table, while also clarifying its maker. Read More +
Invalid and barber chairs share common history
There’s a lot to learn from the chairs we rest on, and in the latest installment of his Furniture Detective column, Fred Taylor reveals some truths about invalid and barber chairs. Read More +
Furniture Detective: Glider rocker with 1888 patent is valued at $300
In the most recent installment of the Furniture Detective, Fred Taylor sheds light on the truth behind a glider rocker’s origins, and its potential $300 value. Read More +
Furniture Detective: Victrola clones playing to collector interest
Furniture Detective Fred Taylor dishes on the history and popularity of Victrola clones, past and present, while answering reader questions about the musical device. Read More +
Furniture Detective: Surviving the Depression with novelty furniture
Playing on consumer desire to make small home improvements during the Great Depression, the furniture industry came up with a new product line: novelty furniture. Read More +
Furniture Repair: Freeing a stuck tambour requires patience and perseverance
Turn of the century furniture construction techniques, while often clever, were not extremely sophisticated, making furniture repair easier than you might think. Read More +
Furniture Detective: Watching out for cheap tricks, fake finishes
Furniture refinishes have the potential to be considered cosmetic charades that are artful and ingenious while some have been heavy handed and obvious, and here Furniture Detective Fred Taylor offers valuable insight to help you spot the difference. Read More +
Reading the Evidence: The Furniture Gives Up the Truth
The life story of an antique — where it’s been, who owned it and how it came to be where it is — is known as its provenance. Furniture Detective Fred Taylor discusses the importance of heeding an antiques hints about its true history. Read More +
Advances in technology give way to new class of functional furniture
Just because it’s functional doesn’t mean furniture doesn’t have a stylish design and social purpose, in fact examples of this practice can be seen throughout the 20th century. Read More +