These are the kinds ofseriousantiques that top New York interior designers like Thierry Despont, Howard Slatkin, Robert Denning and Robert Couturier seek for their clients. Mr. Perrin tried to explain:There s more and more interest in 18th-century French furniture now, as opposed to English furniture, because French furniture is more original. When you are educated…
INTRODUCTION TO UPHOLSTERED ANTIQUE FURNITURE It is difficult to imagine today, when fully antique upholstered furniture is so familiar, that before upholstery started to become more common in the houses of the rich in the 18th century, loose cushions were the only means of providing a little comfort when sitting on a wooden chair or settee. Although many chairs have…
We are Old South Vintage Rentals, L.L.C. – the first vintage & boutique rental company serving the Carolinas. We are centrally located in Lincolnton, NC to be convenient to the areas we frequent most – Asheville, Charlotte, Boone/Blowing Rock, Highlands, Greensboro, Raleigh, Winston Salem, NC as well as Columbia, Greenville, and Charleston SC. OSVR was founded…
Dig Haüshizzle was started by Cassandra and Edward Nicholas in 2010. We are a Decorative Antique and Interior shop based in the independent creative area of the Christmas Steps Arts Quarter in Bristol city centre. We have a wide range of stock on both our website and in store. Our in store style can be quite dark with a heavy nod towards late Victoriana but each piece…
As seen in The Antique Shoppe Newspaper SPOOL BED Jenny Never Slept Here A lot of curious and spurious information has polluted the modern vocabulary of antique furniture in the last 100 years. Some of this was done inadvertently, some through ignorance promulgated by people who say a lot more than they really know and some of it through commercial attempts to establish…
With over 25 years of handcrafting antique reproductions, Laurel Crown stands by its commitment to bring you furniture of exceptional beauty and guild-quality workmanship. There is no denying the inherent beauty found in items of the past—and when it comes to antique furniture and décor of eras gone by, people trust in Laurel Crown’s antique reproductions for their…
Are you sitting comfortably? Then lucky you. By the end of October – after a six-month “amnesty” for retailers – that luxury will cost you more, maybe 12 times more, than now. And it s all thanks to the bloody European Union. Not really. It s thanks to Britain bringing its own copyright laws on furniture design into line with our partners – a dovetailing that was…
It s been a few years since midcentury-modern became everyone s new old favorite aesthetic, but the trend is still going strong. Whether in vintage pieces or the contemporary designs they inspire, the sleek silhouettes and light woods of the era have become nearly ubiquitous in homes the world over today. Designer Michael Berman is an apt collector of styles from…
PM 6 posts, read 44, 770 times Reputation: 12 Hi all.I am a little southern belle recently transplanted here to your wonderful city & am in search of a great antique/consignment store to pick up some furniture for my new (nearly empty) house. As I mentioned I am southern & love, love, love (love!) antique victorian piecesBut, I am also looking for…
Even though I m fairly ancient, I ve never seen a Model T outside of a classic auto show. So I realize that there are many things that have been obsolete since the elastic waistband was invented and would confound anyone under age 70. But what about some common items that have come and gone within the last 30 or so years? See how many of these you recognize, and how…
Why should adults have all the fun? We believe everyone can enjoy great design—especially kids. Who better—or more imaginative—to embrace the joys of creative design? And when one considers the range of pint-size designs inspired by children, it’s clear that designers themselves must really enjoy creating pieces for our smaller counterparts. Take, for example, the…
You know the feeling, you’ve discovered a vintage dresser at a garage sale—conveniently wedged between an old garden hose and a few dozen tennis rackets—and to put it simply, you’re in love! The Bombe shape is inspired, it has ornate carvings to spare, and the brass hardware is still capable of dropping jaws. The problem? One too many coats of poorly-applied stain…
Hand-scraped oak flooring is the perfect contrast to the impressive limestone fireplace, and a wall of cabinetry with custom bookcases and stainless steel dressers provides plenty of storage for the TV and media components. Distressed leather furniture with tufted detail adds vintage elegance to the room with blue linen draperies creating a beautiful backdrop to the…
Vintage pieces are a fantastic way to add timeless style to your home or office with a touch of elegance and style, and can often be quite valuable if kept in good condition. A lot of furniture made in the last 15 years is manufactured cheaply with inferior materials and designs that quickly loses their aesthetic. On the contrary, many older pieces are made with stronger…
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,or so we are told. As this adage implies, word choice when describing an item can sometimes be subjective, and the item s value is often relative to the worth placed on it by an individual. With the value of an item being so variable, then, it is important to come to some common understanding of the standard meaning attached…
There s no rule that says all the furniture in your house needs to come from the same era. In fact, embracing contrasting styles can give your home a liveliness and texture that rooms with all matchy-matchy furniture can t touch. Here s a little inspiration for incorporating more traditionally styled pieces into modern interiors. Time to hit the flea market (or grandma…
