Antique furniture

It is not easy to buy antique furniture, but if you succeed, it is a good investment. When purchasing antique furniture, as in other areas that require financial investment, knowledge and patience are required, so such items are usually not acquired spontaneously. Any furniture is a long-term purchase, so when buying it should be guided not by short-term emotions, but by an accurate calculation, the vision of the space provided for this furniture and take into account their future background and decorations.

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When furnishing an apartment, it is not always possible to assemble furniture of the same style for all rooms. Probably not even worth pursuing. Antique furniture can be perfectly combined with modern ones. Antique furniture can be a key element of an interior if it really deserves to be called a work of art. It can be a secretary, an inlaid table or a closet. The massive carved table can be combined with modern comfortable chairs, a large beautiful chair – with a modern desk, etc.

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How to distinguish really old furniture from such only imitating?

Furniture is considered an antique if it is older than 100 years. Due to various stormy historical events in our world, not so much furniture has survived this age, so original antique furniture can cost insane compared to modern, money. Antique furniture is not only in museum collections, but it can also be purchased in antique shops, from private individuals.

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During that period, the furniture was mostly made of redwood species, teak, rosewood, less often – of Karelian birch, walnut, and oak.

Interest in antique furniture has also led to an increase in counterfeiting. Copies are usually made by excellent craftsmen, good painters and even designers, architects, who prepare accurate drawings according to the original dimensions. The works of workshops engaged in the counterfeiting of antique furniture can also be found in antiques, which is a particularly acute problem, where a number of suddenly enriched people pay for counterfeits without negotiating to create a luxurious environment.

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The demand for antique furniture is constantly increasing, and in order not to buy counterfeit, sellers’ convincing about the originality of the product should be carefully considered.

Inspect old furniture only in good lighting – otherwise, you risk not noticing traces of failed restoration and replacement of elements. When restoring antique furniture, it is not possible to use new wood, even the same color – the wood changes color over time, which is noticeable. Bronze elements are usually replaced by similar, but cheaper alloy elements – pay attention to the color and mechanical traces of change.

Do not overload the room with old furniture. Like old people, antique furniture is worse “coexisting” with each other. Let there be a few of them, but the harmony and proportions of their lines will be respected.

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