Here is a splendid example of classic Philadelphia eastlake 1870s furniture, made of complete black walnut, with great paneled doors. It is titanic. 8-feet tall, but it comes not including for easy moving. There are two doors, two sidewalls, two back panels, a center interior...
In the unpunctual 19th century as the trend toward mass production increased, it was easier and more well-known for middle-class households to purchase darned large case furniture. It followed that the manufacturers during the Eastlake span began to make that furniture easy to...
These brackets, sometimes called corbels, are classic elements of eastlake intend. Furniture of this period often took on very architectural forms in its ornamentation. Here is a classic case, where they've not only placed the corbels at the top, as if they hold up the crown of the...
These carved handles are stylized to look like leaves, a very in favour motif in the eastlake period that really has not been copied in any other era since then. If you see these carved leaf handles on your furniture, it is most probable made between 1870 and the 1890s. Some of the...
Top photo from edwardian london here`s warwick street and the kensington arms pub,this photo is taken from W14 but looking into W8,the pub is now tempered to by kensington & chelsea`s social inclusion band `housing and outreach`
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