What is a cdv photo? Those three letters are an acronym for the French carte de visite or visiting card. This style of antique photography took over in popularity from the daguerreotype or ambrotype of the...
COLONY CLASSICS ANTIQUES GIFTS This Guide will assist you in Shipping CAPODIMONTE and other FRAGILE ITEMS There's a right way and a wrong way to do everything, agreed? I'm going to show you the correct way to...
What are model horses? From toys to equisite works of art, model horses are miniature horse statues that are collected, shown in competitions like real horses, repainted into equisite works of art, and played...
Primitives....Where do I start? I have a hard time remembering when I didn't love primitives, and the whole primitive decorating life style. For many of us, it is a life style. For me primitives evoke a...
There are many forms of pyrography or woodburning art. Some use stencils, tracing, projectors or patterns. While anyone can do pyrography, not everyone can do freehand original work. Original freehand...
Mosaic Bases - Materials and Preparation To ensure a good bond between the mosaic tesserae and the base, the surface must be clean and free from flaking paint, dirt and dust. Remember that the base of...
Our Fortuny style handmade silk lamps are made ancient techniques of the early 1900's. Throughout each process of the making of these pieces, no heavy electical equipment is used but rather and exclusively the...
The basic do’s and don’ts for getting better images of your small and medium sized items First the things you want to do: 1. Use a tripod. Does not have to be a $300.00 one, find a nice sturdy one either at...
The thought of decorating your home can evoke and send waves of fear, anxiety, frustration and confusion to the very core of your being - unless you step back...take a deep breath...and really look at what...
HAND-COLORING Hand-coloured prints have an old tradition and must be distinguished from those printed in color (color printing). Coloring is done in watercolor or gouache, with either a brush or a stencil cut...