New furniture forms usually appear when a society needs them. The telephone stand was a twentieth-century idea. It wasn’t made until after the phone was a common household item. In the eighteenth century, twin beds, card tables, and upholstered easy…
The best way to judge the age of a piece of furniture is to study how it is constructed. Part of this information is technical, but most of it can be used by any antiques buyer out for a day’s…