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This furniture style was everywhere in the 70s — here's how to give it a modern upgrade

Older furniture styles are making a return, though the details that once defined them don't always translate the same way in ...
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A Look Back in History: Colonial ‘Grossa Schranks’ and Paint-Decorated Furniture

Because few Germanic homes had closets, clothing was kept in a “Grossa Schrank” (Colonial wardrobe) made of either walnut hardwood or more commonly from a soft poplar wood or pine. However, since ...
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Furniture of the Pilgrim century (of American origin) 1620-1720, with maple and pine to 1800 including colonial utensils and wrought-iron house hardware into the 19th century

v. 1. Chests -- Chests of drawers -- Highboys -- Chests on frames (small) -- Boxes (Bible or desk) -- Secretaries and desks -- Cupboards (court) -- Cupboards (pine ...
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American furniture and decorative arts from Spain's northern colonial frontier, 1700-1900 : the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Al Luckett, Jr., Sale 7086, Auction Thursday, January ...

Includes: Carpinteros and cabinetmakers, furniture making in New Mexico, 1600-1900 ([ca. 20 p.]) originally published by the Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, ISBN 0-89013-146-5, c1983. Catalog of ...