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What Are 19th Century Chairs?
Types of 19th Century Chairs: Windsor
How to Paint 19th Century Chairs
Sets of 19th Century Chairs
Wear on 19th Century Chairs
Types of 19th Century Chairs: Arrow Backs
Types of 19th Century Chairs: Comb Back Rockers
Types of 19th Century Chairs: Late Sheraton Hitchcock
Types of 19th Century Chairs: French
Types of 19th Century Chairs: Children's Chairs
Types of 19th Century Chairs: Common Part One
Types of 19th Century Chairs: Common Part Two
How to Price 19th Century Chairs
How to Decorate with 19th Century Chairs
Resources for 19th Century Chair Collecting
Where to Buy 19th Century Chairs
Summary: Learn all about 19th century chair collecting in this free video on antique furniture appraisal.
Sue Shea has been dealing in antiques since 1979, and has her own shop, Shea Antiques, located in Shelburne Falls, MA. Her passion is early American 18th & 19th century antique country...read more
Oh, how we do miss the days of Dickens and Browning, the yesteryears of Whitman and Twain. Those were the good ole days, the century of political upheaval, the age of guilded morality, the epoch of crooked politicians, the end of serfdom, and the rise of capitalism and Nation States. That's right, we all miss the the wonderful, the glorious, the 19th century. But alas, that is a time that has passed, eroded by the inevitable passing of Father Time. The Industrial age has progressed into the post-Industrial Age, and Victorian morality had undergone a transvaluation of values. O bard, sound forth your barbaric yawp over all the world, the 19th century is dead. But never fear, with every death comes new life, the death of the nineteenth century means the birth of 19th century antiques, especially 19th century chairs!
In this free video series, watch as professional antique dealer Sue Shea teaches how to collect 19th century chairs. Learn about the different types of 19th century chairs: the Windsor chair, the Arrow Backs, the Comb Back Rockers, the Late Sheraton Hitchcock Chairs, the French chairs, and other common chairs. Find out where to buy nineteenth century chairs, how to price them, how to decorate your home with 19th century chairs and other antique decorating, acquisition, and appraisal tips.
"When thinking about collecting 19th century chairs there's a wide range variety of chairs you can choose from I really like the plank seats I think the construction is really done well on these chairs. They last through test of time you can see that the 2007 and your looking at the chairs that we're made in 1810 to 1830 and the seat are these plank seats are made to last and what you see if where on the paint but you don't see these seats wear down very easily. You'll see wear on the wrongs but the construction is done so well that they last and you can use them today and there comfortable to sit in and there's a wide range to choose from. They're affordable so this is a type of chair that you can fit anywhere in your house pretty easily depending on what ever range of decorating you do so collecting these 19th century chairs is a really doable and affordable so maybe today I can show you some examples that you'll get excited about and want to collect yourself."
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