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How Work of Man restored the table top finish on a 150 + year old Victorian Walnut Farm Table 

The market for antique furniture has been in the doldrums for 25 years. Now that "Vintage" is taking center stage, what is in store for "Antiques"?

Since their creation in the early 18th Century - first in England and later in America - the Windsor chair has been immensely popular. In America it was popularized from the 1730's through the 1830's when the industrial revolution took hold. Later in the 1920's they once again gained favor when a collecting rage of "antique Windsor chairs" engulfed the antiques market. Now they stand poised to stage another comeback since their last one - 100 years ago.

French Provincial furniture as we know it today was first created in the times of French King Henry IV and Louis XIV. As the bourgeoisie class developed in 18th Century France so did French Provincial furniture. The variations in French Provincial furniture designs can be attributed to the climate, geography and customs of the individual regions of 18th Century France | Work of Man

We're not trying to make an antique piece of furniture new again. We want it to look like a well cared for piece that has a story to tell . . .

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