Furniture made for the changing times CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. – I recently read a column that used the development of a 17th century writing table to make several points, some about the table and some about the customers who have bought one. The author credits the evolution of this particular type of table to the founding of the English postal […]
Kovels Antiques and Collecting: Week of Aug. 31, 2015BEACHWOOD, Ohio – Glass, pottery, bronze, silver and of course, paper and canvas, are all used to make important, and often expensive, works of art. But wood has been somewhat neglected as art, although highly regarded for useful furniture.