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Arts and Crafts furniture?: The vision come true

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Five Arts and Crafts societies were organized in England in order to strengthen the cause of natural, honest workmanship. American furniture makers used their native ingenuity to design minimally-decorated, functional yet graceful, straight-line forms inspired by the English Arts and Crafts philosophy.

Author: Jailer-Chamberlain, Mildred
Publisher: Lightner Publishing Corporation
Publication Name: Antiques & Collecting Magazine
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1084-0818
Year: 2003
United Kingdom, FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, Furniture & Fixtures, Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing, Exhibitions, Works, Cabinetmakers (Persons), Furniture, Stickley, Gustov

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Back in the days of horse-power

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An amazing variety of horse-drawn vehicles were available from before the American Revolution into the 19 century. Elegant enclosed coaches to vehicles designed to carry passengers or farm and factory goods traveled city streets and country roads.

Author: Jailer-Chamberlain, Mildred
Publisher: Lightner Publishing Corporation
Publication Name: Antiques & Collecting Magazine
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1084-0818
Year: 2001
Analysis, Collections and collecting, Collectors and collecting, Collectors (Persons), Horse-drawn vehicles, Horse drawn vehicles

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The welcoming hearth

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The fireplace holds a place of honor in homes even after losing a lot of its practical value. Different kinds of baking vessels and their ancient significance are discussed. Their prices and materialistic value in recent times are stated.

Author: Jailer-Chamberlain, Mildred
Publisher: Lightner Publishing Corporation
Publication Name: Antiques & Collecting Magazine
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1084-0818
Year: 2004
Evaluation, Cookware, Kitchenware

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