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Point of Honor: The Furniture | The Furniture Record

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Capturing Furniture in the Wild. Point of Honor: The Furniture. Posted by Mark B. Firley. Asymp; 3 Comments. Last blog was about an epiphany I had while viewing Virginia furniture over the weekend. Might not all be Virginia furniture so I should say viewing furniture in Virginia. I like being precise. Curse of an engineer. I would love to show you the furniture from Montpelier but photography is not permitted. I can show you the furniture from Point of Honor. Interesting top, isn’t it. And a sewing table:.

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LSU Rural Life Museum, Something for Every Budget | The Furniture Record

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Capturing Furniture in the Wild. LSU Rural Life Museum, Something for Every Budget. Posted by Mark B. Firley. Asymp; 3 Comments. While down in Baton Rouge, I visited the amazing LSU (Louisiana State University) Rural Life Museum. I knew nothing about the museum before my visit. I learned about this museum when a local antiques dealer mentioned that they occasionally donate a piece they acquired to the museum. That piqued my curiosity. May be a reproduction but unused. For the more affluent decedent.

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A. R. Brown Gets Around. | The Furniture Record

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Capturing Furniture in the Wild. A R Brown Gets Around. Posted by Mark B. Firley. Asymp; 8 Comments. Or at least his cabinets do. This is another case of finding three related things that I had never observed before in a short period of time. They were probably out there but I didn’t notice them. And I usually check out labels. No, my ego tells me I never saw one before. First one I found was at an interesting antiques shop in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana:. A forty drawer, revolving, octagonal cabinet. Brown...

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Things for the Metal Fan from the Rural Life Museum | The Furniture Record

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Capturing Furniture in the Wild. Things for the Metal Fan from the Rural Life Museum. Posted by Mark B. Firley. Asymp; 5 Comments. There’s a lot for the ferrophile (iron lover) at the Rural Life Museum in Baton Rouge. There are manufactured products, furniture parts, house parts, and a blacksmith’s shop. It took a while to decide how to sort the images since they are throughout the entire museum grounds. There are several display boards of manufactured products like these:. Display of manufacture items.

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In 2015? Really!? | The Furniture Record

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Capturing Furniture in the Wild. Posted by Mark B. Firley. Asymp; 5 Comments. Monday, 6:24 PM CDT at Lambert St. Louis International Airport, Southwest Terminal. Larr; Previous post. Next post →. Thoughts on “In 2015? August 11, 2015 at 9:50 am. A blog about antiques posts a picture of a computer seeking a floppy drive! Mark B. Firley. August 11, 2015 at 9:53 am. August 11, 2015 at 12:00 pm. August 12, 2015 at 11:20 pm. You don’t get cheap flights by upgrading your software every decade…. Blog at WordPre...

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Buildings and Grounds at the LSU Rural Life Museum | The Furniture Record

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Capturing Furniture in the Wild. Buildings and Grounds at the LSU Rural Life Museum. Posted by Mark B. Firley. Asymp; 7 Comments. This is the last blog from the LSU Rural Life Museum. In Baton Rouge. I have here a set of images from the external buildings and grounds. There are many buildings typical of what one would find in 18th and 19th centuries. A pigeonnier (dove cote. Where do you keep your pigeons. And a place for groups of humans. And a few other interesting buildings:. Larr; Previous post.

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It Seemed So Simple At First | The Furniture Record

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Capturing Furniture in the Wild. It Seemed So Simple At First. Posted by Mark B. Firley. Asymp; 3 Comments. Every once in a while you find something that isn’t as simple as it looks. Not extraordinary or amazing but still interesting in its own right. This is such a piece:. Seems to be a simple church pew. Then you look a little closer and see the first slightly odd thing. Again, not simple. Surely the back is parallel to the edge of the sides. No, it’s not. Larr; Previous post. Next post →. You just nev...

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The Half Knapp | The Furniture Record

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Capturing Furniture in the Wild. Posted by Mark B. Firley. Asymp; 2 Comments. Back in May of 2014, I wrote a blog about The Knapp Joint. It was one of the first successful machine-made joints used mainly 1890 to 1900 or so. The Pin and Cove, Pin and Scallop, Half Moon, or Knapp Joint. The main use for this joint was drawer construction replacing the hand-cut dovetail joint on better furniture. Before the Knapp joint, there was a simpler joint used, I call it, the half-Knapp:. I found it in this secretary:.

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Woodworking from the Rural Life Museum | The Furniture Record

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Capturing Furniture in the Wild. Woodworking from the Rural Life Museum. Posted by Mark B. Firley. Asymp; 6 Comments. Seems like they must have done some woodworking there in rural Louisiana. I’m not sure when the first IKEA or Pottery Barn opened in Louisiana, but there must have been a time when they weren’t there and people had to do for themselves. Or certain people did for many. (I wonder is they were called. Fortunately, many of the tools they used found their way to the Rural Life Museum. I have a...