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About Antique Oak & Country Furniture

Antique Oak & Country Furniture Antique Oak & Country Furniture: Although our preference is for later country and vernacular furniture we do buy 16th and 17th century joined pieces in oak including coffers, side tables, centre tables, refectory tables, court cupboards, tridarns, dresser bases and of course wainscote, side chairs and good stools and benches. These pieces were largely made for churches, great houses and those of successful merchants and were influenced by the styles and characteristics of early furniture examples from renaissance Europe and reflect this in elements of general structural features and carved and inlaid decoration to enhance their importance and stature. Generally speaking after the Restoration period, oak furniture follows closely the design and decorative elements of the more formal...

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