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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

2009-11-06 Bedroom set, possibly victorian?:

Nora - Your bedroom set if from the 1880s. The style is called Renaissance Revival. The style basically was the application of machine made archtectural elements applied in layers to give a very complicated

2009-11-05 mersman coffee table:

Nancy - I do not have a Mersman catalog so I can't look up your table number. However, because of the ready availibilty and mediocre construction of Mersman tables, few sell for over $100, most in the

2009-11-04 headboard/footboard:

Jennifer - Your faux wood grained metal beds are from the late 1920s to early 1930s. The two primary manufacturers of such beds were Foster Bros Mfg Co of Utica, NY and the Rome Co of Chicago. A bed with

2009-11-03 Breakfront and dining room set:

Eric - That is a nice looking set whether it is an "assembled" set or a genuine set. The set is a Colonial Revival reproduction of Federal period furniture from the early 1800s. The chairs are called "klismos"

2009-11-02 Can you ID this chair?:

Patti - 1918 sounds like a good time frame for this chair. It might even be slightly earlier. It appears to be made of birch with a mahogany finish. That is called “simulated mahogany” and was correctly

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