Traditional

In the traditional furniture section we cover past and present traditional home furnishings such as four poster beds, sofas, dining tables and chairs, chest of drawers, and everything for traditional interior design.

What’s Simple Is True: 10 Classic Pieces of Amish Furniture

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Many of us are familiar with Mission and Shaker tables, chairs, beds and desks, but it’s a lesser-known fact that both styles are subsets of a broader genre: handcrafted Amish furniture. Since the use of electricity is prohibited in accordance with the culture’s spiritual beliefs, pneumatic and hydraulic power is used in the making of many of its pieces. And since internet technology clearly requires electricity to work, no Amish craftsmen are able to sell

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The 7-Drawer Handmade Mini-Chest from Volk

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Multi-hyphenate talent (painter-musician-craftsman, to be exact) and Rhode Island School of Design BFA-holder Brian Volk-Zimmerman started building custom, one-of-a-kind wood furnishings at a Brooklyn Navy Yard workshop in 2006. With a nod to a woodworking ancestor of his from the 1800’s, Volk-Zimmerman handcrafts wooden masterpieces like this seven-drawer mini-chest made from solid walnut atop a splayed-leg stand. Its poplar drawers are lined with fabric, and the piece is finished in oil and wax for the perfect sheen. The

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The Steamer Trunk End Table

Fan of rustic decor? Then the Steamer Trunk End Table will fit right in your home. This beautiful vintage styled end table is made out of quality wood veneer and sports a rich finish, that is accented by the lovely antique details. The Steamer Trunk End Table measures 24″Hx20″W and highlights a harmonizing interaction of function and form. The well-crafted table has a timeless perfection to it and can be purchased online from this website

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The Chippendale Side Chair by Ethan Allen

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Ethan Allen tries its hand at a modern interpretation of a rather classic piece: the Chippendale chair. Named after 18th-century English cabinetmaker and furniture designer Thomas Chippendale, known as an establishing influence on the style of the day, the chair takes on a more streamlined appearance in EA’s current version. Giving it a modern transitional treatment with a black finish, a tall back and an ornate yet not overpowering aesthetic, today’s admittedly suburban birch and

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Classic Hollywood Designer (& Star) William Haines Revives 1950’s Modernism

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Virginia native William Haines won a talent contest in 1922 and hit the road to Hollywood, where his adeptness at acting later helped him nail memorable presentations to his design clients, many of whom were actors themselves. While starring in films alongside the likes of Old Hollywood legends like Joan Crawford, Marion Davies and Constance Bennett, he also opened an antiques shop not far from the soundstages where he was making his living as an

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