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My Finds

Victorian Dollhouse Furniture

August 14, 2009

I recently purchased a new parlor set, but this time I have room for it. Not my usual cup of tea – this is a circa 1999 Rococo parlor set from China, but it’s resemblance to the furniture of the makers we often discuss compelled me to buy it. Cheapest parlor set I will ever [...]

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Hunzinger 1869 Patent Chair

January 30, 2009

Whoa. It has taken me 5 days to isolate an issue on this blog that prevented me from creating new posts. It is easier to troubleshoot problems where nothing works at all then to troubleshoot the case where everything works on the site except adding new posts. It has not been fun and has broken [...]

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Birdseye Maple Dresser Identification

January 17, 2009

Here’s a little “in-the-field” reporting as I spend some time away from home this weekend on the Chesapeake Bay visiting some friends and shopping with my wife. Fortunately for me, there is a selection of girlie shops with three antique shops nearby. I can bait my wife into town with the former and end up [...]

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20 Foot Clawfoot Table

December 27, 2008

I thought that you might be interested in seeing a 20 foot clawfoot table that I captured from my camera phone in the Fry’s electronics store in Los Angeles. The original marble top has been replaced with a modern glass surface and it appears to have been refinished.

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