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1970s sculptural wave daybed, a chunky studio-made piece in the brutalist-adjacent spirit.
Brutalist Furniture: History of the Style and How to Identify Authentic Mid-Century Pieces
Brutalist furniture is the heavyweight of 20th-century design: raw, sculptural, and unapologetically material. Where the classic modern chair is light on its tapered legs, a Brutalist cabinet or table feels... Read more...
Black octagonal Arcoroc Octime glass tableware, bold 1970s–1990 geometric design, curated at The Eclection
Memphis and Postmodern Furniture: History of the Style and How to Identify Authentic 1980s Pieces
Memphis furniture is the loudest chapter in the history of modern design: laminate in clashing colors, squiggles and confetti, shelving that looks like a stack of toys. It arrived in... Read more...
Antique tiger oak chiffonier chest, c. 1890-1910, showing quarter-sawn ray fleck figure
Golden Oak Furniture: History of the American Oak Era and How to Identify Authentic Pieces
Golden oak furniture is the furniture of the American middle class: sturdy, honey-colored, and made by the trainload. Between the 1880s and the 1920s, factories in Grand Rapids, Cincinnati, and... Read more...
Mid-century Halliburton aluminum travel case, a later heir to the campaign-furniture tradition of portable, lockable gear.
Campaign Furniture: History of British Colonial and Military Furniture and How to Identify Authentic Pieces
Campaign furniture is furniture made to travel: chests that split in two, chairs that fold flat, beds that pack into a canvas roll, and writing boxes that double as a... Read more...
Early 20th-century Colonial Revival armchair with a pierced Queen Anne-style splat, sold through Montgomery Ward, c. 1915-1928
Colonial Revival Furniture: History of the Style and How to Identify Authentic Pieces
Colonial Revival furniture is, quite possibly, the single most common thing mistaken for an 18th-century American antique. It is handsome, well made, often mahogany, and it wears the same cabriole... Read more...
Mid-century Airguide teak and brass weather station, c. 1960, curated at The Eclection
Scandinavian and Danish Modern Furniture: History and How to Identify Authentic Pieces
Scandinavian and Danish Modern furniture is what happens when functionalism meets craft. In the middle decades of the 20th century, a generation of Northern European designers and cabinetmakers set out... Read more...
Antique cast-bronze floor lamp with marble base, c. 1915–1930, from the era of the 1920s Egyptian Revival
Egyptian Revival Furniture: History of the Style and How to Identify Authentic Pieces
Egyptian Revival furniture is less a single style than a fashion that returned twice, a little more than a century apart. Each time, ancient Egypt arrived as ornament: sphinxes and... Read more...
Pair of mid-century Stakmore-style folding chairs in espresso wood with black vinyl seats
Bauhaus Furniture: History of the Movement and How to Identify Authentic Pieces
Bauhaus furniture is where the modern chair was born — not as a decorative object, but as a problem to be solved. In fourteen years, a single German design school... Read more...
Early 20th-century French Provincial walnut side table, c. 1900 to 1925, curated at The Eclection
How to Fix Scratches, Dents, and Worn Finish on Antique Wood
Every antique carries a few marks of its life: a ring from a long-forgotten glass, a scratch from a moving day, a dent where something heavy once landed, a finish... Read more...
French Rococo Revival vanity with drawers, c. 1930 to 1945, curated at The Eclection
How to Fix a Sticking or Broken Antique Drawer
Few small frustrations are as familiar to an antique owner as the drawer that will not budge, or the one that drops off its runners the moment you pull it.... Read more...
Mahogany turned-leg side table, c. 1940s, with a warm, sealed wood finish
How to Remove Water Rings and Heat Marks from Wood Furniture
Nearly every owner of a wooden table eventually meets the same small heartbreak: a pale, cloudy ring where a cold glass sat, or a white bloom where a hot dish... Read more...
Art Deco walnut veneer wardrobe with book-matched burl panels, c. 1930s
How to Fix Veneer: Repairing Lifting, Bubbles, and Missing Pieces
Veneer has a reputation problem. Many people hear the word and think “cheap,” but some of the most celebrated furniture ever made is veneered: flame-figured mahogany, book-matched burl, and walnut... Read more...