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Fred Taylor

U.S.

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Expertise

I will attempt to answer questions about American antique furniture, including construction details, style, period, manufacturers, care, repair and storage. I do not have any background in appliances, musical instruments, sewing machines, lighting and clocks and will not respond to quesions about those items.

Experience in the area

I ran an antique furniture restoration business for twenty years. I am a nationally syndicated columnist on the subject of antique furniture for such publications as Antique Week and New England Antiques Journal. I have produced one video on the subject of furniture identification and my book "HOW TO BE A FURNITURE DETECTIVE" is now available.I have also published articles in Antique Trader, Chicago Art Deco Society, Northeast Magazine, Victorian Decorating and Lifestyles, Professional Refinishing, Antiques and Art Around Florida and Antique Shoppe. You can visit my website at www.furnituredetective.com

Education/Credentials

BSBA Finance, University of Florida, MBA Finance, University of Florida

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Recent Answers from Fred Taylor

2009-11-20 Bedroom set:

Joyce - Your furniture is from the late 1930s or possibly into the 1940s in the style known as Art Moderne at the time. Today we call the style Art Deco, a term coined in the 1960s. While it does not have

2009-11-19 unusual rocking chair:

Deb - Your rocker is a 20th century reproduction, liberally interpreted, of a mid 19th century Rococo Revival style chair. The originals of these chairs were all hand made. Your chair is a factory made

2009-11-17 Antique couch:

Kevin - Your couch is not an antique. It was made during the Depression era of the late 1920s to mid 1930s and the style is simply "Depression". Similar pieces can be seen in "Furniture of the Depression

2009-11-16 Federal Breakfront:

David - The wood holding the glass in the upper section, no matter the pattern, is called a muntin. In period pieces it consists of individual pices of wood that form the frame that holds individual pieces

2009-11-15 primitive furniture:

Melvin - Your table looks like a folk art plant stand from the Adirondack or Appalachian regions. It is made of bent wood like ash or birch that has been steamed or wet for a long period. A smoking stand

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