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These reproduction Windsor chairs were made by the "Virginia Craftsmen" of Harrisonburg, Virginia. The style of these chairs is circa 1770-1790 Philadelphia. They are well made and have a blue green color.

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Small oriental rug with red, blue, black and cream colors. Geometric design.

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This English, two chairback, settee is probably late nineteenth century or possibly early twentieth century manufacture, and is of the Queen Anne to early Georgian style. The secondary wood is oak and the primary wood is mahogany. Carved knees with…

These two side chairs are Chippendale and circa 1770. The origin of these two mahogany side chairs is difficult to place. The presence of white pine for an original corner block would, for the period of these chairs, place them on the coast. With…

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This three-legged table is circa 1800. It is an English table. The term "cricket table" is often used to describe this form. Cricket is an English game that has been played since the 16th century. The table top is of fine oak boards. 4/2022: "C…

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This lift top card table, Hepplewhite Style, is twentieth century. Others of this same unknown manufactory have been seen in the South (There is an urn medallion inlay on the apron of the table. Tapered legs have stringing inlay.)

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Primitive table called the Communion table. Very primitive. It is said to have been used in downstairs when Col. Ramsey held Presbyterian meetings. It was also used in "Church in the Forks of River" Presbyterian church. This plain table of the…

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This table, the end of a dining table, is circa 1810-1815. It has a drop-leaf and was part of a three-part dining table. This example is southern and probably Tennessee, as it is cherry with yellow pine frame and blocks. The corner type is "round…

This dining table is mahogany and circa 1810-20 (1840) It is a sectional table of mahogany with tulip poplar as a secondary wood. The lower front of the apron is inlaid with a darker wood. The table has been rebuilt somewhat underneath, and some…

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This table is circa 1820 and could be an end to a dining table. They have been called compass tables and "a side board rounding to fit the other (square table)". This could have been made as a "pier table" or "one to fit between two windows". At…

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