Tub chairs are an interesting phenomena. Of course, the design has been knocking around for ages, but it was only in the sixties and seventies that it ever came to the general public’s attention. This, strangely enough, was through the medium of sci-fi television series.
If you think back to the old programmes, like Dr. Who [...]
As I touched on last time, much of the collectability of antique furniture comes from the differences in style, design and construction techniques that developed around the world.
Nevertheless, just as important, and a common factor to all wooden products, is the aesthetic qualities of the timber that is used in the manufacture.
Whether this is hardwood, [...]
Furniture has been a domestic necessity in all civilisations, ancient to modern - initially simply because ancient man got fed up of sitting on rocks, I presume! It wasn’t long before people became good at making furniture and it became ovious that the easiest material to work with was wood.
Wooden furniture has been produced in [...]
Hello and welcome to my new blog. In this first post I feel that a short introduction is warrented, as this isn’t your average daily comment on the world’s news, entertainment or sport. There are many fine bloggers out there doing a far better job of that than I could ever achieve. I do feel, [...]