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The 1800's saw a wide variety of tables produced, ranging from simple country styles to ornately carved Victorian card and dining tables. Simple and functional Arts and Crafts tables became popular in the 1900s, followed by sleek Art Deco pieces, and mid-century modern and Eames style coffee tables and glass tabletops.
Although the variety of sideboards made by American craftsmen working in the Hepplewhite, Sheraton, and American Em… [more]
The early sideboard was more than a decorative piece of dining-room furniture. Functionally, it was the 18th-Centur… [more]
How did I get started collecting Victorian Furniture? Antiques is in my genes, my mother's family were longtime ant… [more]
About 11 years ago, my wife and I went on some architectural tours. We joined the organization that sponsored the t… [more]
As a teenager, I collected everything from vintage bicycles to Coca-Cola to Victorian stuff. Once I realized some o… [more]
Chuck LaChiusa's wonderful guide to the architecture and history of Buffalo, NY, also happens to host an impressive… [read review or visit site]
John Werry's in-depth blog on rare Victorian Furniture, with detailed, informative and often humorous posts on doze… [read review or visit site]
This beautiful site showcases the collection of Stanley and Polly Stone of Fox Point, Wisconsin, consisting of earl… [read review or visit site]
Steven Cabella's personal homage to Charles and Ray Eames. This site is as clean and visually appealing as the Eame… [read review or visit site]
This huge online database from the Speed Art Museum is a rich trove of beautiful photos and reference information o… [read review or visit site]
The Index of American Design project (1935-1942) was an effort to catalog American decorative arts objects from the… [read review or visit site]
This microsite from the LA County Museum of Art provides a good overview of the Arts and Crafts movement in Europe … [read review or visit site]
An overview by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts of the design movements between 1880 and 1940 that comprised Moder… [read review or visit site]
This website showcases several hundred pieces of furniture, held by thirteen museums, that were designed for Herman… [read review or visit site]
This Library of Congress microsite is an overview of the postwar modern design work of Charles (1907-78) and Ray (1… [read review or visit site]
Scott Geyer's blog on the innovative Victorian furniture designs of George Jacob Hunzinger, who began manufacturing… [read review or visit site]
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