Kovels On Antiques & Collectibles October 2021 Newsletter Now Available

Kovels On Antiques & Collectibles newsletter is available as a print subscription, or as a digital version that is included in the Kovels Knowledge and Kovels All Access memberships. Start your Kovels Knowledge Free Trial now or login. Kovels’ October 2021 newsletter features Halloween collectibles, art pottery by husband-and-wife team Edwin and Mary Scheier, antique […]

Victorian Furniture Makers

Victorian furniture was made in several different styles, or periods, from 1840 to 1900. The term “Victorian” includes Gothic Revival (1840–1860), Elizabethan Revival (1840–1850), Rococo Revival (1845–1865), Renaissance Revival (1850–1875), Greco-Egyptian Revival (1860-1890), and Eastlake (1870–1900). The ornate, carved furniture was made for the well-to-do. Reproductions of Victorian furniture were popular in the 1930s. Victorian […]

Victorian Parlor Set

Q:  I inherited a flowered settee and matching chair from my great-aunt. I’m interested in any information on the time period and value of the set.   A:  This is Victorian furniture, a style popular from 1840 to about 1900. Early pieces were hand carved but furniture was mass-produced beginning about 1865. Reproduction Victorian furniture was […]

Victorian Furniture Fashions

Moore, York, & Howell Console Cabinet The furniture you select for your first house is probably the furniture that is as old as the house. A new modern, just built house probably has lots of windows, high ceilings and floors, kitchens and bathrooms made with marble. Rooms are painted with either a mixture of very […]