| When you look at antique furniture that has come | | | | lasted for hundreds of years it will continue to do so. |
| through the ages, it has stood the test of time and | | | | Most of us have spent money on the prepacked |
| most of it is still as good as the day it was bought. | | | | furniture that sells like hotcakes today; you fix it |
| How much of the furniture today will follow in the | | | | together with a few clips whatever. But how long has |
| footsteps of antique furniture and last for hundreds of | | | | that prepacked furniture lasted? |
| years, to be looked on with pride? | | | | If it lasts a few years, maybe five or ten then you are |
| Furniture today is made with machines like everything | | | | lucky, it usually falls to pieces after prolonged use, or |
| else, to increase production. But can machines produce | | | | maybe I am just unlucky with the odd pieces I have |
| furniture that will last through the ages like that made | | | | bought. |
| by man himself. Will the furniture that is produced | | | | If it does not fall to pieces it gets dowdy and dull and |
| today become antiques of the future or will it fall by | | | | you cannot wait to replace it. |
| the wayside? | | | | Of course you can buy good furniture that will last and |
| This is something most of us will never find out so will it | | | | possibly become antiques of the future, but will it be |
| matter? If it does survive will the future generations | | | | sought after like the good old fashioned hand made |
| delight in the modernistic furniture that is designed | | | | furniture from the past? |
| today, the sleek lines without the no nonsense fancy | | | | Reproduction furniture is made in the image of its |
| decorations? | | | | forebears and is indistinguishable from the actual piece |
| We have come to the stage where unless a machine | | | | that was copied; it looks as good as real thing and |
| can produce any actual fancy carving to make the | | | | quite often you can be parted from your money by |
| furniture more ornate, then it will never end up in your | | | | paying large amounts believing that you are buying a |
| home. | | | | piece of antique furniture when unbeknown to you it is |
| You may say that the modern contemporary style | | | | not. |
| furniture is easier to look after, just a quick dust with | | | | If you decide that you want antique furniture in your |
| no polishing. After all in this day and age who has the | | | | home, then read up on it and learn about the way it |
| time to clean all the nooks and crannies or to spend | | | | was made and what to look for before purchasing the |
| time on polishing furniture as they did in the old days? | | | | piece. Ask the dealer questions about it, then go and |
| If that is the case why is antique furniture now in such | | | | search the internet to find your piece of furniture, if it is |
| demand? For the simple reason that people know | | | | a very expensive piece it might even be worth getting |
| quality when they see it, and if they are not just after | | | | an appraiser to check it out. |
| quality they at least know that if antique furniture has | | | | |