Antique Furniture

Results 11 - 20 of about 85 news for the category: Antique Furniture.

Madison Loop Ladder Bookshelf - Antique White

September 21st, 2007

A refined storage solution that adds a hint of fine Scandinavian design. Five generous shelves display your favorite items or keep your library in order, while gently arched sides emphasize the airy feel and light finish. Painted wood. Imported. 72Hx18Wx20D”.View product details at Amazon

Gothic fantasy castle inspires young furniture designer

September 1st, 2007

A RANGE of furniture inspired by some of Wales’ most significant historic sites has gone on display at the London New Designers Show.
Up-and-coming furniture designer Cathy Evans, from Pontyclun, is displaying her first exhibition at the prestigious event.
The gothic fantasy of Castell Coch, near Cardiff, right, has been a particular inspiration for the young designer, [...]

A trip to Asia convinced Walter Kingston to specialize in Indonesian antiques

August 29th, 2007

Walter Kingston has been a fan of furniture for a long time, but it took a career as a lawyer and a voyage overseas to turn his hobby into a career.
Kingston owns Vanderleigh Furniture and Antiques in historic Springfield, a store specializing in antique furniture from Indonesia.
“There’s a lot of good furniture there,” he [...]

Consignworks Opens Retail Warehouse for Antiques, Art & Furniture

July 23rd, 2007

Consignworks, a specialist in secondary market sales of art, antiques, fine furniture and collectibles, announced that it has opened a warehouse for retail sales to the general public. The grand opening is Saturday, July 28th.
Since 2001, Consignworks has sold a variety of unusual and specialty items on-line, and through dealer channels including art galleries, antique [...]

Good wood on antiques

June 4th, 2007

One place to appreciate the real, rare red sandalwood furniture of the Ming and Qing dynasties is to visit the China Red Sandalwood Museum.
Almost 20,000 visitors took advantage of free entry to the museum on May 18, International Museum Day, where they enjoyed the genuine antique furniture and reproductions.
Squatting in front of a Ming-Dynasty [...]

Old-world quality furniture that’s built in Windsor Heights

June 3rd, 2007

New furniture is easy to find. Antiques aren’t exactly scarce. But some people want a chair or a sideboard to perfectly match a roomful of antiques, or a chest of drawers that exists only vaguely in their imaginations, and those are the customers Kyle Smith is looking for.
Smith started his woodworking career as an Iowa [...]

Antique furniture destroyed in factory fire

May 28th, 2007

A fire at a factory in Tauranga over the weekend destroyed many valuable pieces of antique furniture.
Eight fire crews spent six hours putting out the fire at the furniture restorers Cartmill & Parish on Saturday night.
Tauranga Fire Safety Officer Ken McKeagg said the restoration area was completely destroyed, as well as all the furniture [...]

Antique or not, small furniture is what she seeks

May 28th, 2007

Marcia Wilk has a soft spot for small things — especially small furniture. She has about a dozen pieces spread throughout her Grosse Pointe Park home.
“It’s not dollhouse or child-size it’s in between,” she explains. “It was made by carpenters and woodworkers as a craft to show off their work. It didn’t really serve a [...]

Fast Piece of Furniture

May 26th, 2007

Jeff Nelson likes to sit down. That’s a natural position for a drummer, sure, but it’s also the only theory that explains why the former member of the High Back Chairs is now drumming for Toledo, Ohio’s Fast Piece of Furniture. Or maybe it’s just that he likes singer and guitarist Tony Lowe’s dusky [...]

Unique furniture from locally salvaged trees

May 20th, 2007

When the massive elm tree outside Joan Murray’s Madison Park home came down with Dutch elm disease, Murray and husband Mark organized a wake so the neighborhood could mourn the leafy, 100-foot giant boasting 120 rings. (They counted.)
But Joan Murray didn’t have a plan for the tree’s afterlife — not until Jim Newsom showed up [...]


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