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TO THE LAYMAN’S eye, the four ball-and-claw furniture feet look the same: carved claws grip carved ball. But to Ray Journigan, they tell stories of period cabinetmakers in four places. When found on ...
Original British Colonial furniture was a style born of homesickness. Nineteenth Century English settlers in East Africa, Burma, India and Barbados during the expansion of the British Empire found ...
The piece of furniture tucked in a West Ashley storage shed for years might not have attracted much interest had it sat in an antique shop, especially if no one noticed the carving on top. Its finish ...