Our staff loves old things, but these new products make our collections and investments all the more valuable: Raggedy Ann and Andy retro rag dolls, Howard’s Restor-A-Finish, The Encyclopedia of Antique Trunks.

Fred Taylor’s introduction to Furniture French came when he and his wife were furnishing their first house. Learn about furniture pieces with French names.

At first chairs don’t have a lot to say about who they are or where they came from (or when); you have to look closely at the construction.

One popular definition of furniture is “functional art.” But in order for it to function properly, we need to understand its use, care, and - when necessary - repair.

The internet is awash in uninformed or misinformed furniture experts who offer their experience in wood furniture care. Here's what you really need to know.

Most makers of the early period either scrawled their name or mark under a drawer somewhere or didn’t bother to mark their products at all. Finding a label on a piece of furniture now means that the collector has to know what kind of label it is to decipher its meaning.