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Rare Victorian Forum: Restoration Tips for Cleaning Compo

July 1, 2009

Tcandkk may be a newbie poster on the Rare Victorian board, but it’s already obvious that she’s not a newbie when it comes to buying Victorian furniture.  She loves a deal and is prepared to put the work in to bring a less than perfect piece back to its original glory.
One of her new (old) [...]

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Rare Victorian Forum – An International Community

June 17, 2009

This week, a new poster took the forum by storm with some great information about a variety of subjects. Canadian Maple (CM) seems to have an endless supply of catalog and photographic reference material, which he’s happily sharing with us here at Rare Victorian.
Here’s CM’s take on anakin48’s spool tables in which he provides an [...]

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I Never Saw a Purple Cow: This Week’s Forum Roundup

June 10, 2009

This past week, we had a huge brush fire burning just blocks from our home and it made me think long and hard about the contents of our house and what we’d be able to save if disaster struck. It was a frightening few hours and not ones I want to experience ever again, but [...]

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You Oughta Be in Pictures: This Week’s Forum Roundup

June 3, 2009

If your ears were burning last Friday at 3:00, it’s because I was talking about you. I was on the Warner Brothers tour in Burbank and where I got to visit the magnificent prop house. The tour guide said that the prop warehouse was originally set up to handle the overflow of antiques that Mrs. [...]

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The Curious Case of the Victorian Carved Bench

May 27, 2009

As I eluded to yesterday, there are a few changes happening at Rare Victorian – all for the good. I’d like to introduce Cynthia Boris who will be helping out with a Forum News post every week to summarize the interesting activity going on there.
Cynthia is a veteran blogger who started her writing career [...]

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Victorian Brass/Bronze Hardware

May 10, 2009

If you are a fan of Victorian brass & bronze door hardware, there is a recent post in the Victorian forum that has extensive images of ornate hardware collections from “stever”.
Steve has photos of hardware manufactured by companies such as Norwalk Lock, Co., P & F Corbin, Mallory & Wheeler, Russell & Erwin, Trenton, Branford, [...]

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