Original British Colonial furniture was a style born of homesickness. Nineteenth Century English settlers in East Africa, Burma, India and Barbados during the expansion of the British Empire found ...

TO THE LAYMAN’S eye, the four ball-and-claw furniture feet look the same: carved claws grip carved ball. But to Ray Journigan, they tell stories of period cabinetmakers in four places. When found on ...

Stepping into a vintage store or strolling through a local estate sale usually means running into a lot of heavy Colonial Revival furniture from the 1970s. Chunky maple trestle tables and bulky pine ...

Enclosed is a photo of a gateleg walnut table. It is over 65 years old and belonged to my mother when she was first married. When the leaves are opened, the top measures 41 by 31 inches. I would like ...

Doug Van Tress, co-owner of the Golden Triangle (www.goldentriangle.biz), a rare furnishings and antiques store in Chicago, kicks his feet up on a British colonial-style desk in his office and tells ...

The piece of furniture tucked in a West Ashley storage shed for years might not have attracted much interest had it sat in an antique shop, especially if no one noticed the carving on top. Its finish ...

Bali Ha'i, a mythical island where you could find "your own special love," captured the world's imagination through the brilliance of Rodgers and Hammerstein's production of "South Pacific." And, in a ...

It's not quite as simple when you choose Australian colonial furniture, however. Not only does your collection take up a lot more room, but the prices quickly become very serious indeed. A nice chest ...