A linen press can bring order, warmth and a sense of history to a contemporary bedroom. Traditionally made with a cupboard above and drawers below, this tall…
A signature, factory label or stamped plaque can make a piece easier to identify, but the mark alone does not establish age, authenticity or price. A sound…
Shaker furniture grew from the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, a religious community whose members valued order, communal life and…
A sagging or wandering leaf can make an otherwise sound Victorian extending table unsafe, yet the loose part may be only a wooden bearer, pivot arm, slide, or…
The iron bed is one of the most enduring pieces of furniture in the Western home. From the soot-stained workhouses of industrial England to the sun-bleached…
Australian homes built between the 1880s and the 1930s often carry the warm tones of imported American white oak, a timber prized by Federation-era builders…
Few pieces of furniture tell a more practical story than the self-storing drop-leaf table. Designed for compact living long before the term became fashionable,…
Antique music stands and canterburys hold a special charm for collectors of European-style interiors and Australian colonial-era homes alike. Built for the…
The buffet sideboard has occupied a practical place in dining rooms for centuries. It held serving dishes, displayed silverware and gave hosts a convenient…
A Windsor-style rocking chair depends on a carefully balanced framework of turned spindles, a shaped seat, rockers and a bow or crest rail. When one spindle…