• American Furniture Collecting Guide
American Furniture Collecting Guide
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The original surface is important to the value of the object. The "grungier" the surface the more valuable the furniture is considered. This applies not only to finished surfaces but to painted surfaces as well. The following examples are objects with original surface, which assisted in their high value.

Occasionally cabinetmakers constructed "common" furniture, which was made entirely from secondary woods. Most of the time, these kinds of furniture were then painted to cover up the "inferior" wood.

Please contact our American Furniture Department for further information.