Monthly Archives: April 2020

Picture This CXLIII

Posted on 26th April 2020 by Jack Plane

Reader, Laurin Davis, kindly directed me to an English Pembroke table, currently displayed in an on-line Antiques Dealers’ Association of America ‘show‘ (I believe it is to be auctioned) which closes at 10:00pm EST, April 27, 2020. The table, attributed … Continue reading →

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An Early Victim

Posted on 14th April 2020 by Jack Plane

Early bun-footed floor-standing chests of drawers and the upper chests of chests-on-chests and chests-on-stands that have subsequently migrated onto bracket feet have been the topic of many a post on this blog. Some of them evolved as their fragile feet … Continue reading →

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Picture This CXLII

Posted on 5th April 2020 by Jack Plane

In early 2017, I wrote about veneered work being patched at the time of manufacture. Whilst searching my archives this morning for unrelated matter, I came across these images of a lovely walnut chest-on-chest. Fig. 1. Magnificent walnut chest, circa … Continue reading →

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Historical Social Distancing

Posted on 1st April 2020 by Jack Plane

I won’t dwell on the current COVID-19 pandemic – this is not the platform – but while reading some of the daily updates on-line, an aspect of a much earlier pandemic piqued my interest. Typhus, yellow fever and cholera epidemics … Continue reading →

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