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...

  QUESTION: Some time ago, I bought a simple chair at a country estate auction. I love that chair but know very little about it. Someone to...

  QUESTION: Before the pandemic, I had been going to antique shows, especially those that featured more primitive pieces. One of the things...

QUESTION: I have a four-piece bedroom set that I believe may be Cottage Victorian. My mother bought it in a second hand store in Pennsylv...

QUESTION: I see a lot of references to the nostalgia of an old-fashioned Victorian Christmas. Just how great were Christmas celebrations b...

QUESTION: I’m interested in buying a court cabinet which has lovely carvings and was bought as an antique, but the owner says it’s made ...

QUESTION: I have a cabinet that seems to be handmade. One of its drawers has three compartments side by side and one in the back for silv...

QUESTION: My mother has a cabinet and has been wondering what it is. Whatever you can tell me about it would be grand. ANSWER: Your moth...