The quality of Arts and Crafts furniture

Although Arts and Crafts furniture tended to follow the Victorian trend of mainly reviving previous styles, because of their superb handcraftsmanship, these pieces had integrity which much of their machine made Victorian counterparts did not.

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The basic forms of Neo-classical case furniture

Although there seemed to be a wealth of choice to furniture buyers during the latter part of the 18th century, much of that produced was of a basic form, carcase, or ‘case’ as it is generally referred to.
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The simplicity of Regency design

The technical brilliance and sophistication of antique furniture design comes into its own when looking at Regency furniture.

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Antique thieves tend to know what they are doing

The Daily Telegraph reported in a recent article that a Cambridge graduate accused of stealing £40,000 worth of antique books from a library in central London had a shopping list of items he planned to take. All the books that he stole were valuable and very rare and the Crown prosecutor said: ‘it was a systematic, carefully planned theft committed by a man who knew precisely what he was doing’.

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