Dear Helaine and Joe: The chair in the photo belonged to my grandmother in the 1920s. There is a picture of this chair in “The Heritage of Early American Houses” by John Drury, and it is said to have ...

As its name implies, nesting tables come in a set of descending sizes. Perhaps the most famous nesting tables are by Bauhaus designer Josef Albers whose bright and colorful series popularized the ...

Chip and Suzy Berschback of Grosse Pointe Farms have always wondered about a chair that they inherited, Chip recently told Bob DuMouchelle at an appraisal session held downtown at the historic auction ...

Enclosed is a photo of a Victorian sofa that we have owned for 35 years. It is unlikely that the upholstery is the original. The wood is walnut and there is a carved bird above a leaf at the top of ...

A "tête-à-tête" is a private conversation between two people. The term is French and means "head to head" or "private conversation." In the late 1800s, furniture designers created a sofa by that name.

Michigan homeowners are rediscovering the charm of vintage furniture styles that their grandparents loved. Classic designs ...

Rowe used the material, which is made of bonded wooden strips, in his Victorian Grandfather Chair (above) and Chippendale Writing Desk inspired by Chippendale furniture (below). By using OSB and ...

A price tag of $136,000 to add new furniture to Newfoundland's and Labrador's Colonial Building could be spent much better by the provincial government, say opposition MHAs. (Submitted by Neville Webb ...

Marcia was an art major in college. For her, drawing and painting are second nature, no more difficult to do than, say, inhaling and exhaling. I, on the other hand, was a communications major. For me, ...

This is quite special to me, as you can imagine. During WWl, my grandfather was a surgeon in Europe with the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1914 to 1918. This sterling silver cigarette case was a gift ...