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Empire Furniture

Admin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:53:48 +0000

Empire Furniture has a very masculine look with a tremendous amount of details. Todays furniture does not often feature the exquisite exotic woods of the empire furniture. If you love the Greek and Roman decorating styles, empire furniture is right up your alley. With most modern furniture there is more to be desired than a plain piece of furniture. Empire styles combine the classical brass motifs giving you the interest in the ornate details but also the modern masculine clean lines in one furniture piece. Today nothing compares to the noble and exquisite looks of the empire period. Many furniture manufactures produce furniture in mass quantities, and often don't spend the time in the details. With empire furniture you often get the best wood, the best ornate hardware, hand carved designs, and ornate gold gilding, which adds up to a furniture piece being a piece of art than just a regular side table. (Read More.....)

Empire Furniture Make Overs

Admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:48:43 +0000

Finding great antique furniture can be costly and rare to find, so often times when a reproduction furniture piece comes along that I can fix up to look like the real thing, I turn to appliques to dress up the furniture. Hardware can make a *great* piece even more *spectacular*. Ormolus are gilt-metal decorations that are nailed on to the furniture. Today you can also purchase moulds that you can reuse with plaster of Paris. Reproducing the Neoclassical looks of Robert Adam is quite simple today when you can produce dozens of plaster ornaments with one simple plastic mould. Laurel wreaths, rosettes and bell flowers are often my choice when I am dressing up chairs, beds and chests. They are well worth the investment. Check out some of the discounted Moulds here and here. (Read More.....)

Klismos Chair

Admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:54:13 +0000

The Klismos Chair is a luxuriourous chair developed by the ancient Greeks. The chair gained popularity by 500 BC as we often see illustrated on Greek pottery, and throughout the art at that time. The Klismos chair became popular again during the French Directoire, English Regency periods and throughout the American Empire styles. (Read More.....)