Article: Furniture; French Impressions: A Beginner's Guide

Article: French period pieces always popular
Chicago Sun-Times;  February 25, 2001 ;     541 words ......but if it's French furniture, it is practically...late 19th century, are usually...reproductions of 18th century French furniture were the...late 19th century, interest in 18th century French furniture was revived...the 18th century master ...

Article: French Complexion // Furniture Trends Are Showing Lots of Gaul
Chicago Sun-Times;  March 3, 1996 ;     525 words ......madames and mademoiselles, French furniture is in your future. Just...our French, shall we? French furniture forms are the stuff...rocaille shell for you: French furniture history effectively begins in the 17th century as Italian Renaissance...giving us "Provincial" ...

Article: French furniture reaches extraordinary prices
International Herald Tribune;  December 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ......historic week for 17th- and 18th-century French furniture began in Paris on Tuesday...be traced back to the 18th century. Awareness that the French museums would want it presumably...other striking gems of 18th-century furniture. A commode with...

Article: Sotheby's Plans Major Sale of Decorative Arts
The Washington Post;  January 14, 1992 ;     266 words ......May 22 and 23 of French furniture, Old Masters paintings...Patino, the 19th-century Bolivian mine magnate...12.2 million, the French furniture at $7.9 million to...European silver and French furniture - overtaking its...

Article: Wartime items draw unusual attention ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES.(Flavor/Gracious Living)
The Virginian Pilot;  May 27, 2007 ;     409 words ......MOONAN New York Times FRENCH FURNITURE from the first half of the 20th century - whether Art Deco...York. Some sumptuous French furniture from the 1940s, by...exhibition of 1940s French furniture in Boulogne, France...

Article: Research and Markets: Major French Furniture Manufacturers Profiled.
M2 Presswire;  May 24, 2005 ;     388 words ......Markets: Research and Markets: Major French Furniture Manufacturers Profiled(C)1994-2005...distribution and furniture supply structure. French furniture production is broken down by segment...seating, other furniture and parts). French furniture consumption is broken down by ...

Article: Fine French furniture stars
Antiques & Collecting Magazine;  February 1, 2000 ;     168 words ......Calif Sales of formal French furniture and 18th century French Provincial furniture were...63,000. "Non-Hanrahan" French furniture also sold very well. A...Paris at the turn of the century sold for $123,500. Garden...

Article: James Parker
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 24, 2001 ;     76 words ...James Parker, French furniture expert Sunday, June 24, 2001 New York -- James Parker...known for his creation of the Wrightsman rooms of 18th-century French furniture, joined the Met in 1951 as an assistant in European sculpture...

Article: Get cozy with the mix easygoing comfort for an 18th-century house.(interior design of a farmhouse)
House Beautiful;  April 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ......Farmhouse has such a strong French accent. How did that happen...t imagine myself doing French Country. In the United...She inherited a lot of French furniture, and his mother gave them French furniture as a wedding present. So...matrimony. You've made 18th-century antiques ...

Article: Demand up for vintage French pieces
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 10, 1992 ;     399 words ......excessive glitz and gilt of 18th century French furniture that has given it nonstop...astronomically priced, 19th century reproductions can be had...aging. Before you assume French furniture is old because of a signature...library for lists of 18th century French craftsmen. If ...

Article: Politics aside, French style in demand.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL);  September 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ......of freedom fries, pouring French wine into the gutter and...and Provence. This fall, French furniture and accessories are the...There's Baker, Grange and Century at the high end, Thomasville...Touch Stone, are offering French furniture and accessories. And a flurry...interpretation ...

Article: Raising the bar: the first volume of the Getty Museum's sumptuous catalogue of its French furniture sets new standards of information and analysis.(French Furniture and Gilt Bronzes, Baroque and Regence: Catalogue of the J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)(Book review)
Apollo;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...French Furniture and Gilt Bronzes, Baroque and Regence...Paul Getty (1892-1976), who bought French furniture from the 1930s until his death...of acquisitions. His response to French furniture, however, was unequivocal. On his...

Article: Inspired by a palace ; When a London couple bought a Victorian villa in Ealing, little did they know it would hold the key to their future, dealing in French furniture, says Katie Law
Evening Standard - London;  March 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ......fledgling business, which specialises in selling reproduction French furniture. "Although there were a lot of really nasty things about...mini-Versailles, with a scroll-ended cot and French damask wallpaper' French furniture," says Jacquie. Since then the couple, who now have a nine-month...

Article: DeCoro names U.K. sales agent.(Phillip French Furniture Agency)(Brief article)
Furniture-Today;  August 18, 2008 ;     59 words ...Staff HONG KONG -- Leather upholstery producer DeCoro has named the Phillip French Furniture Agency its exclusive agent for the United Kingdom and Ireland. We are well positioned to meet the rising needs of customers in...