| Victorian pine. How to find and check victorian old | | | | have the original marble tops which are replaced for |
| pine furniture | | | | the English market. Ninety nine percent are painted |
| A lot of English Victorian country pine furniture has | | | | or still in the dark stain and varnish, made to look like a |
| disappeared from great Britain, probably most | | | | more expensive piece in mahogany or similar when |
| exported to the united states. The Victorian period | | | | bought new. Old pine furniture or Victorian country |
| 1837 to 1901 you associate with ornate carved | | | | furniture created by craftspeople whose skills were |
| furniture, but there would have been plenty of plain | | | | passed from generation to generation. Its appeal lies in |
| country Victorian furniture. Which has been slightly | | | | the fact that each piece is hand-made and therefore |
| difficult to find as many shops have closed or gone | | | | unique. Having a handmade piece of furniture is |
| on to the Internet. The market for antique pine | | | | something special. Most of the old furniture was |
| furniture in the UK is still here so traders have had to | | | | intended to be painted. The paint protected the |
| look elsewhere for pieces namely Europe Germany | | | | timber in damper homes and was easier to keep clean |
| France Czech republic. So the European | | | | than unpainted wood. It would be better if we could |
| pieces have been made during the same period | | | | keep the paint on, but some pieces need restoring |
| but in another country. The dutch seemed to get | | | | which makes this impossible. The the paint is an |
| the grip of this due to the fact they have been prolific | | | | intrinsic part of the history of the furniture but practically |
| traders throughout history and began sourcing large | | | | if you have a piece that's one hundred years old and |
| quantities through out Europe and bringing it over to the | | | | never been restored the finish of ether paint or varnish |
| UK. This market still carries on but not in the same | | | | is usually beyond repair. |
| volume as years ago as wages and transport eat | | | | People think that old pine furniture wasn't |
| way any profits. Not all the old pine furniture | | | | authentic unless it had been stripped but it really |
| you see is of our Victorian period, there | | | | was meant to be painted. The hot caustic stripping is |
| is some of the nineteen twenties period so check | | | | a bit drastic but if done by a expert its OK, also it |
| for ply wood being used in the backs and internal | | | | should kill of any worm. People are often afraid of |
| panels. If it is of a later period but there's nothing | | | | antique pine because of a fear of woodworm. Old |
| wrong in that. There are still older pieces from the | | | | Victorian furniture can have woodworm, but |
| Germany and France sometimes of a better | | | | it’s treatable. If you have holes in the wood, it |
| quality than English pine as its construction tends to | | | | means the worm has already gone, but if you see |
| be with thicker panels. There are still plenty of | | | | traces of fresh powder the wood may have live |
| pieces throughout Europe from large glazed dressers, | | | | worm in it. Safest way to treat the piece with a |
| wardrobes in all shapes and sizes some static some | | | | chemical spray. |
| that breakdown. Small pot cupboards which some still | | | | |