Antique Furniture
Determining if it’s Antique Furniture
In the U.S. which is the era of antique furniture? Antique furniture in the U.S. started around about the 1920’s. Antique furniture was a work of art! Artists designed furniture to represent a specific style of art rather than just being another piece of furniture. The look, style, and materials used all fall under determining whether or not a piece of furniture is antique furniture.
When studying a piece of furniture to determine if the item is antique furniture, the item will first have some depictions that give-it-away. Merchant tags showing made in certain country does not always mean the item is not “antique,” but the merchant tag should first identify the item exactly. The chances of having merchant tags surviving year after year are unlikely.
Evaluating the Value of Antique Furniture
Occasionally the antique furniture item will have a merchant tag because some merchants simply deal in antique furniture. But in the case of antique furniture items having merchant tags is usually the first clue the furniture item is not unique. There are several more steps that can be used to determine if the furniture item is antique. The curator will need to study the joints, screws, the type of materials used to make the furniture, and the wood.
More so, the curator examines the design and carvings (if any exists) on the furniture item. Antique furniture will carry most of these characteristics in order to be original. Many curators are to be experts in estimating the value of antique furniture. However, the owner of the furniture item should too be aware of the value of the antique furniture item. The value of the antique furniture item can exceed several thousand dollars; the owner can protect themselves by having more than one expert opinion.
