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Showing posts with label mahogany. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mahogany. Show all posts
Friday, September 13, 2024

Furniture on the March

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QUESTION:   My great grandfather was an officer in the British Army. He owned a chest that has been in our family ever since. The unusual th...
Friday, February 16, 2024

Who's for a Game of Cards?

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  QUESTION: Recently, while browsing though an antique shop, I came across two tables. Both had fold-over tops. One seemed like it was from ...
Thursday, January 11, 2024

What Exactly is a Pier Table?

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  QUESTION: I like to visit historic houses. Invariably, the first stop is by a narrow table in the main hall. Next to it usually stands a h...
Tuesday, February 14, 2023

A Spoonful of Love

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  QUESTION: There are many ways of saying “I love you,” but one of the most unusual is the love spoon. I recently saw several of these in an...
Thursday, January 28, 2021

Buyer Beware

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  Chippendale style dining table and chairs 1930s QUESTION:  I’ve been looking for a new dining table and chairs. But the new ones I’ve seen...
Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Preservation vs. Conservation

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QUESTION:   I have several pieces of antique furniture that need some tender loving care, but I’m not sure how to go about it. Can you ...
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Writing has been my life and my work for the last 30 years. During that time, I've had the opportunity to explore a variety of subjects, researching many of them on travels to over 70 countries. I’ve also been an avid collector of antiques and collectibles and specialize in writing about antiques. My antiques articles have appeared in many antiques and consumer publications, including British Heritage, AntiqueWeek, American Antiquities Journal, and Southeastern Antiquing and Collecting Magazine. I have also published two books on antiques, How to Start Your Own Antiques Business in Your Home and Recognizing and Refinishing Antiques for Pleasure and Profit, both from Globe Pequot Press. Throughout my writing career, I've produced nearly 4,000 articles and 15 books. I write non-fiction because I feel that fact is infinitely more interesting than fiction. However, in one of my latest books, Shipwrecks and Buried Treasure: The Outer Banks from Globe Pequot Press, I crossed the boundary between nonfiction and fiction, writing an historical narrative of the harrowing disasters in the seas off North Carolina.
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