Posts Tagged ‘VALUES’

Antique Treens

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

ANTIQUE TREEN
Treen can be described as a smallish wooden object normally made for a specific purpose which is attractive enough to be collectable. It therefore embraces a vast number of objects and anyone who becomes
fascinated in this subject will wish to read Edward H. Pinto’s Treen and Other Wooden Bygones. Obviously we cannot go into [...]

Antique Clothes and Towel Stands

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

CLOTHES AND TOWEL STANDS (HORSES)
About 1750 onwards
A light wooden framework over which clothes or towels could be spread to dry, Seldom seen before the late 18thC, but common in the 19thC, when it often formed part of a bedroom suite.
STYLE AND APPEARANCE
In the 18thC could be simply two or three narrow horizontal bars tenoned into [...]