Furniture Styles
Arts & Crafts Furniture Design Philosophy
Trace the lineage of Arts & Crafts furniture and you soon discover there's more at work than a universal label can handle. It exhibits a multitude of international influences reflecting a philosophy rather than an easily defined design style.
Hans Wegner: Master of The Chair
Hans Jorgen Wegner was the grandmaster of mid-century Danish chair design. Throughout his career Wegner designed roughly 500 chairs. Many of his classic creations, like the Ox chair, remain in production.
An American history lesson at the auction
American history can be found anywhere from museums to the old building around the block. I just happened to find an interesting source at an auction, not as a buyer or seller but as a student.
Antique Appraisals: Image preservers valued at $40 apiece
Complimentary antique appraisals (for entertainment purposes only) from the Antique Trader staff of appraisers is a service reserved exclusively for Antique Trader magazine subscribers. But that doesn't mean you can't learn from recent appraisals.
Antique Appraisals: Souvenir spoon has character, but minimal value
Complimentary antique appraisals (for entertainment purposes only) from the Antique Trader staff of appraisers is a service reserved exclusively for Antique Trader magazine subscribers. But that doesn't mean you can't learn from recent appraisals.
Expanding tables accommodate families of every size
Eating used to be such a simple affair: If you found something to eat you ate it right then and there. When we got civilized eating became more complicated.
New, Vintage, or Antique? Interpreting chair construction
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.
When family furniture history is a fairy tale
Unlike genealogy, adequate knowledge of furniture history, construction and style can often help confirm or deny family tradition about furniture.
Antiques Appraisal: Usability is key in Harris Brothers chair value
Dr. George Marchelos performs a appraisal of a chair made by the Harris Brothers Furniture Co., East Liberty, Pennsylvania.
Furniture Finds: Florida state park is a gem in the rough
Florida's Torreya State Park located on the high bluffs above the Apalachicola River features the restored antebellum Gregory House, which is filled with a variety of antique furniture.
Furniture care facts & fallacies on the web
When I go looking on the internet for information on furniture, sometimes I am appalled at the amount of incomplete, misleading, inaccurate or just plain dead wrong information I come across.
Antiques Appraisal: Replaced panel reduces clock value
Recently, Dr. Anthony Cavo was requested to appraise many pieces in a home that dated to 1740 in which the same family had lived for several generations.
Guides to American furniture periods prove valuable
Renown furniture expert Fred Taylor gives his professional opinion on antique furniture resources for buyers, sellers and scholars.
How appraisal types affect market value
Sometimes it seems a shame that in most cases today the overriding emphasis placed on an antique is the market value. But here's where you should start when considering value.
How to decipher vintage furniture labels
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.
