Antique Dumb Waiters and Tiered Serving Tables
Identify dumb waiters and tiered serving tables through rotating tiers, columns, mechanisms, woods, dining use, repairs and later reproductions.
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Identification Guides
93 published guides on repair, care and the stories behind well-made things.
Antique Cheval Mirrors and Dressing Mirrors: Identification Guide
Identify cheval and dressing mirrors through frames, pivots, plates, silvering, stands, drawers, replacements and safe structural assessment.
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Antique Tea Caddies: Identification, Dating and Condition
Identify antique tea caddies through construction, canisters, lining, locks, veneers, glass bowls, conversions and evidence-based dating.
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Library Steps and Metamorphic Library Chairs: Identification Guide
Identify antique library steps and metamorphic chairs through mechanisms, patents, completeness, construction, stability and safe modern use.
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Antique Corner Cupboards: Identification and Dating Guide
Identify antique corner cupboards through plan shape, hanging or standing construction, doors, shelves, backs, paint, hardware and later marriages.
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Antique Whatnots and Étagères: Identification Guide
Identify antique whatnots and étagères through shelf construction, supports, galleries, castors, woods, period context and missing components.
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Antique Washstands: Identification, Materials and Dating
Identify antique washstands through basin cut-outs, marble, galleries, drawers, plumbing conversions, woods, hygiene fittings and period context.
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Antique Sewing and Work Tables: Identification Guide
Identify antique sewing and work tables through fitted interiors, textile storage, baskets, mechanisms, woods, alterations and documented social use.
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Antique Cellarettes and Wine Coolers: Identification Guide
Identify antique cellarettes and wine coolers through bottle fittings, liners, drainage, construction, form, later conversions and safe use.
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Metamorphic Furniture: Identification and Buying Guide
Identify and buy metamorphic furniture by examining transformation mechanisms, patents, construction, completeness, stability and later marriages.
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Apprentice Pieces and Miniature Furniture: Identification Guide
Identify miniature furniture without assuming it is an apprentice piece by examining function, scale, construction, trade training evidence and later collectors’ models.
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Indo-Portuguese Furniture: Identification and Dating Guide
Identify Indo-Portuguese cabinets through construction, teak, ebony and inlay, while understanding dates, regional claims and conservation.
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