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Home  Articles Antiques What You Need To Know About Collecting Antique Furniture
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What You Need To Know About Collecting Antique Furniture |
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Written by ManuelVintagoli
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Sunday, 03 January 2010 |
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Collecting antique furniture is a hobby and past time for many people. If you would like to begin a collection, then you need to learn a few things about how to find antique pieces that are authentic and worth collecting. Keep in mind that there are lots of old furniture out there, but what makes furniture genuinely antique is what matters.
by ManuelVintagoli
Collecting antique furniture is a hobby and past time for many people. If you would like to begin a collection, then you need to learn a few things about how to find antique pieces that are authentic and worth collecting. Keep in mind that there are lots of old furniture out there, but what makes furniture genuinely antique is what matters.
Knowing the correct time periods of the antique furniture you are considering will help you in determining its authenticity. Most of the furniture that you would want to collect should have a time period that it falls into. If you find something that falls between the years of 1600 to the beginning of the 1800's, then you can say that you are looking at a piece of furniture that is antique. If you find furniture after that time period, then you can safely say that you are just looking at some old furniture.
Learning the distinguishing features of some antique furniture will certainly help you in being able to tell whether or not the furniture that you are looking at is really an antique from a certain time period. The feet of a lot of furniture is a dead give away for the time period it was made in a lot of times. If you want a Windsor chair, then you will need to look the distinguishing feature of the arrow foot. You will find furniture with claw feet, paw feet, and ball feet designs that will tell you an era for that piece.
Being new to the world of collecting antique furniture may mean that you might become confused with some of the terms used to describe some pieces of furniture. To be on the safe side and to make sure that you don't end up purchasing something that isn't what you thought it was, you will need to learn the different kinds of terms used to describe some antique furniture. Take the chifferobe for instance. Would you be able to determine the difference between it and an armoire? Knowing little details like this can help in ensuring that you get a genuine piece of furniture.
Would you know what room a chifferobe was used in or what room a buffet was needed in? Learning these facts will also help you in determining the authenticity of a piece of antique furniture. You may have someone telling you that they have a sideboard for sale when it is actually a buffet. These two pieces were used for a lot of the same things, but they do have some differences. The time periods that a piece of furniture was made in will determine just how much it is worth and whether you will want to add it to your collection.
One of there best places to research those time periods and the furniture used during them is the Internet. You can find out about most any kind of furniture this way and whether or not it is an antique. You can also find reputable antique dealers online form all over the world. You can usually email for the proprietors with questions that you may have about antique furniture.
Taking the best care of your antique furniture will make a difference in how long it remains as perfect as it was in the day that it was made. This will also mean a lot in how much your collection is worth. The better looking and the better shape an antique is in will mean that it will hold much more value than if it was damaged in some way.
Filling up your home with old and story telling furniture is a great way to make your home a door way to the past. Making sure to get the stories and history about all the furniture that you collect is vital in you knowing how much that piece will be worth years down the road.
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Collecting antique furniture is a hobby and past time for many individuals. If you like to begin a collection, you need to learn a couple of things about how to spot antiques that are authentic and worth collecting.
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