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• Twinkie's Toolbox: The Eames Era and the Magic 8-Ball??
• by twinkiesage( 271)
• I found an old, Magic 8-Ball toy that's about 40 years old. I looked at a few listings to see what they're selling for, and one heading caught my eye: EAMES ERA TOY. The Magic 8-Ball is Eames Era?? I thought... 

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  Eames | Toys | Lamps | Chairs | Designer

• 46 of 48 people found this guide helpful

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• Mission Furniture
• by strictlymission( 217)
• The purpose of this guide is to assist you in evaluating quality mission furniture from pieces of lesser quality.Most period mission, also know as arts crafts, furniture was made from quartersawn white oak... 

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  Mission Furniture | Arts & Crafts Furniture | Stickley | Limbert | Roycroft

• 31 of 39 people found this guide helpful

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• About THONET BENTWOOD Chairs
• by lennonhallantiques( 3082)
• Bentwood chairs are those distinctive chairs that have rounded pieces of wood, bent into curlicues, serving as arms, legs and stretchers. They are exceptionally decorative and have been made consistently since... 

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  Bentwood | Thonet | Mundus | Kohn | Chairs

• 22 of 22 people found this guide helpful

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• Woods and Finishes Glossary
• by myimporters( 1947)
• Woods and Finishes Glossary Alder: A hard strong wood resembling maple easily stained to imitate darker woods. Antiquing: A process to make wood furniture look aged by applying a glaze of color, then... 

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  antique furniture | wood finishes glossary | antique buying guide | important buying information | antique wood terms terminology

• 13 of 15 people found this guide helpful

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• Common Furniture Misconceptions
• by zzzzinga( 456)
• Common Furniture Misconceptions Fact or Myth? Remember that family get-together when Aunt Myrtle insisted that the plastic cover on the couch didn't let the wood trim breathe. And then Uncle Bob claimed... 

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  Furniture | Care | Leather | Upholstery | Wood

• 8 of 9 people found this guide helpful

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