Dutch Floral Marquetry Furniture: Identification Guide
Identify late 17th-century Dutch floral marquetry furniture through veneers, construction, motifs, attribution evidence and condition.
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Materials & Techniques
34 published guides on repair, care and the stories behind well-made things.
Russian Painted Peasant Furniture: Identification and Care
Identify Russian painted peasant furniture from the North and Urals, assess construction and paint layers, and avoid overconfident dating.
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Swiss Painted Furniture: Appenzell Chests, Cupboards and Marriage Pieces
Identify Swiss painted furniture through Appenzell chests and cupboards, marriage inscriptions, regional paint, textile prosperity and nineteenth-century changes.
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Polish Painted Folk Furniture: Dowry Chests, Regions and Dating
Identify Polish painted folk furniture through dowry chests, floral decoration, regional provenance, construction, marriage history and later repainting.
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Finnish Bent Birch Furniture: Aalto, Korhonen and Identification
Identify Finnish bent birch furniture through laminated frames, moulded plywood, Alvar and Aino Aalto, Otto Korhonen, model evidence and later editions.
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Italian Renaissance Intarsia: Furniture, Perspective and Identification
Identify Italian Renaissance intarsia through wood inlay, perspective designs, tarsia a toppo, cabinet construction, later repairs and revival copies.
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Dutch Lacquer Cabinets: European Japanning and Export Lacquer
Identify Dutch lacquer cabinets through European japanning, Asian export panels, cabinet construction, surface layers, later varnish and conservation evidence.
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Swedish Painted Furniture: Chests, Cupboards and Original Surfaces
Identify Swedish painted chests and cupboards through regional decoration, construction, inscriptions, paint layers, marriage dates and later distressed finishes.
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Bauhaus Tubular Steel Furniture: Models, Makers and Reproductions
Identify Bauhaus tubular steel furniture through designer, model, manufacturer, frame construction, upholstery, production history and later licensed editions.
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Portuguese Baroque Turned Furniture: Spirals, Bobbins and Dating
Identify Portuguese Baroque turned furniture through spiral legs, bobbin turnings, stretchers, woods, construction, Spanish links and later revival copies.
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Pietre Dure Furniture: Florentine Hardstone Tables and Cabinets
Identify Florentine pietre dure tabletops and cabinet panels through stone cutting, Opificio history, supports, remounting evidence and later production.
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Karelian Birch Furniture: Figure, Veneer and Russian Attribution
Learn how to assess Karelian birch furniture through wood figure, veneer construction, Russian and Nordic context, period design and common imitations.
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