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Oriental objects The term oriental means 'eastern' and this has been equated for a long time with Asia, which starts at the Bosporus. The orient or Asia is the largest part of our world. The continent is inhabited by diverse peoples with their own cultures and languages. The world's major religions and philosophies have their roots in Asia and their influence in the cultures of this part of the world: Confucianism, Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Shinto, Judaism, Christian, and Islam. In addition to these major religions there is also widespread reverence for ethnic deities throughout Asia. This means that while the region can be defined geographically it cannot be so easily defined creatively. The great cultures Great cultural centres existed in Asia thousands of years ...

Antique American, British and French Furniture and Porcelain (19th-20th Century) Featured on Bzikk on week 2, 2009. Price and value will be added soon. cabrio legs pattern cabriole  leg console table with mirror cabriole antique chairs styles cabriole design cabriole iron legs table cabriole leg demilune table cabriole leg french dining chair cabriole leg oval stool cabriole leg pattern cabriole legs basin cabriole legs desk cabriole legs for furniture making cabriole sofa leg cabriolet table with carved duck inlay caddyspoons calamander pembroke can antique dressers pair with modern furniture can decorative moulding be antique+bookcase candelabra collectors candelabra empire style candelabra empire style reproduction candelabra made in england candelabras + china + expensive + figurines candelabro do baroco candelabrum candle scissor stype snuffer marked italy candle sticks antique porcelain victorian couple candlestick 17th century church candlesticks  juste-aurele meissonnier candlesticks antique "leonard candlesticks paul de lamerie candlesticks wood carved platt canopy campaign furniture cantagalli marks cantagalli pottery canterbury ...

Antique Collection Values for Antique Furniture, Silver and Other Valuable Items. Prices and values are to be added. antique victorian writing table antique vintage american sideboard identifying legs furniture antique vintage dresser dressing table furniture long arched mirror antique vitrine table antique wales footed dessert platter antique wall console with cabriole leg antique walnut desk on pillars antique walnut dining table 10 foot antique walnut drop leaf dining table antique walnut drop leaf extending table antique walnut drop leaf table antique walnut drum table antique walnut gateleg table antique walnut gateleg table drop leaf antique walnut high mens dresser antique walnut one drawer on pillar legs table antique walnut settee chairback antique walnut tall boys antique walnut tea tables on dual pillar legs set on a base antique walnut telescooic dining table antique walnut trestle table antique walnut wood wardrobe antique walnut writing ...

Antique American Silver Styles POST RENAISSANCE (1650-1690) When the first silversmiths crossed the ocean around 1650 they took the style of the late Renaissance with them from Europe. People such as John Hull and Robert Sanderson were immigrants from England and started making in the English style until the Puritans stuck a spoke in the wheel. Silver destined for Protestant homes and churches needed to be simple and practical. A puritanical hybrid style arose that blended simplicity with post Renaissance that retained as much of the Renaissance as possible. EARLY BAROQUE (1690-1720) Early Baroque is a heavy style with large proportions, solid arched forms, with florid three dimensional details. The Dutchman Jurian Blanck of New York was one of the first to experiment with Baroque. Jeremiah Dummer of ...

Antique American Glass The Native Americans had not made glass before the Spanish conquered Mexico and established a glassworks there. The ingredients of sand, lime, and soda were present in abundance. The native Americans did make arrow heads and amulets of quartz and obsidian. The first colonists discovered that the native people liked to use coloured glass beads for their wampum or necklaces. Wampum were made of beads, stones, and shells which were also used as a form of currency. The first efforts to make glass in the colonies was therefore directed at making coloured glass beads. The first group of professional glassblowers consisted of eight Dutch and Polish settlers who were invited by the businessman John Smith to carry on their trade in Jamestown, Virginia ...

American Antique Chairs Chairs Chairs are often the most characteristic example of a given style era and therefore further space is devoted to them here than other pieces of furniture. Furthermore so many chairs have been made that more have survived than other antiques. Few seats were made with backs before the middle of the seventeenth century. Most people sat on stools, benches, or chests. The few chairs with backs and armrests were much like a throne. Often these chairs had a raised knob on the end of the armrest which helped give the person seated in it additional authority and power. Only the head of the household and very important guests were allowed to sit in such a chair. Of the three principal ...