| Here we will look into how to identify
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| | implies that an article cost more for
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| the best ways to recognize the furniture
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| | materials and probably also for labor,
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| whether they are good or bad and old or
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| | and that it was probably made to a high
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| new. This can be done through the general
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| | standard throughout. The better-quality
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| appearances, the coloring, construction,
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| | eighteenth-century pieces were fitted
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| etc. All these could help you to identify
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| | with oak linings to the drawers, but in
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| the best and the worst.
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| | exceptional instances this might be
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| General appearance
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| | mahogany or cedar. Practice varied from
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| The general look of a piece of furniture
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| | workshop to workshop and from period to
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| tells the expert whether it is old or
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| | period, and a guide can give only clues
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| not, but this is a matter of experience.
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| | not answers.
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| If you are interested in old furniture
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| | Books
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| see as many genuine pieces as you can; go
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| | The comprehensive book on all aspects of
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| to museums where you are certain of the
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| | old English furniture is The Dictionary
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| authenticity of the articles. Slowly the
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| | of English Furniture, by Percy Macquoid
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| eye and mind can be trained to recognize
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| | and Ralph Edwards. It is in three large
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| whether the appearance of a piece is true
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| | volumes, copiously illustrated, and was
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| or not.
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| | first issued in 1927. A further edition,
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| Coloring
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| | revised and enlarged by Ralph Edwards,
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| The ageing of wood alters its colour
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| | was published in 1954.
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| according to the timber from which it is
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| | An excellent guide to the period
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| made, and according to the treatment it
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| | 1720-1820 is Georgian Furniture, issued
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| has received over the years. Even the
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| | by the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1951.
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| hidden inside parts change with time; if
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| | A standard work on French furniture is
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| a drawer-lining is scraped it will show
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| | Les Ebenistes du XVIW Siecle, by Comte
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| at once how the surface has aged.
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| | Francois de Salverte, of which the fourth
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| Equally, the old polished outside
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| | edition was published in Paris and
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| surfaces mellow, and repolishing changes
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| | Brussels in 1953. Also written in French,
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| the colour of the wood completely.
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| | but less exhaustive and cheaper in price
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| Construction
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| | is Les Meubles Francois du XVIW Siecle,
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| It is worthwhile studying the methods of
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| | by Pierre Verlet. It is in two volumes:
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| making furniture, and how they have
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| | i), Menuiserie, ii), Ebenisterie,
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| changed from time to time. How, for
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| | published in Paris in 1956. In English
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| instance, the crude dovetails on the
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| | the Wallace Collection, London, Catalogue
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| heavy drawer sides of 1600 were modified
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| | of French Furniture, by F. J. B. Watson,
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| and improved in the course of the
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| | issued in 1956, contain, a great deal of
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| century. When examining a piece of
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| | information and many illustrations.
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| furniture in a strong light, it is as
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| | Experts in furniture can identify the
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| well to look for signs of alteration, and
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| | furniture and tell you that whether the
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| to try to reason what was done and why.
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| | articles are new or old through the
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| New screws differ markedly from old;
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| | appearances of the furniture. The
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| prior to about 1850 they did not taper to
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| | coloring of the woods altered by the
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| a point, also, the slot in the head was
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| | aging and the treatments that it receives
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| hand-cut and seldom central; in modern
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| | from time to time determines its
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| machine-made screws it is invariably
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| | appearances. And the types of
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| exactly across the middle of the head.
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| | constructions give you a good idea about
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| Veneering has been mentioned on earlier
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| | the condition of the furniture. The
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| pages when it came into use with the
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| | screws the nails and the way the woods
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| introduction of walnut. It may be added
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| | are fitted, etc. gives shows what are the
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| that old veneers were cut with a saw by
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| | conditions. The Dictionary of English
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| hand, and are consequently quite thick;
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| | Furniture, by Percy Macquoid and Ralph
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| many of them almost an eighth of an inch.
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| | Edwards is the comprehensive book on all
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| Modern veneers, however, are cut with a
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| | aspects of the English furniture. And Les
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| machine-driven saw, and are much thinner.
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| | Ebenistes du XVIW Siecle, by Comte
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| This, with other factors, is a useful
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| | Francois de Salverte is a standard work
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| indication of the genuineness of a piece.
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| | on French furniture.
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| The use of some of the rarer woods
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