Antique Furniture Is Backdrop at NYC High-End Store
August 21, 2013
A new, expensive store on Madison Avenue in New York City is decorated with a wall of “brown furniture,” the 18th- and 19th-century styles that are not selling well at antiques shows. Since the furniture is handmade and old-fashioned, the store thought it would be a good background for handmade leather goods and could even become fashionable again. (New York Times, 8/15/2013)
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