Tuesday Photo Challenge – Antique
We have lived in the current house for twenty-five years. Most of the original furniture was recycled and replaced. We have two pieces of furniture with us still. One is the solid teak sideboard we acquired from an antique auction. I like it because of its elegant design. When we want to move it, after taking out all the drawers, it still needs four to six big guys to carry it. If I had lost the keys, I don’t know where to have the keys made because the keys are round instead of flat.
Another piece of aged old furniture is the dining table. We can’t move it around easily either. The 1/4-inch-thick baffled glass top needs four guys to lift it up and carry it. The frame and legs are brass. We only polish them when we have a party. Under the glass top is a one-piece mural carved on black surface lacquer wood. It depicts a scene of a prominent figure having a party with his wife, officials in his courtyard and served by many servants.
These are the two pieces of aged old – antique collections we continue to keep.
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Thank you, Frank!
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I love antiques, Miriam. These are lovely pieces of furniture. I particularly like the carving.
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Thank you, Robbie. I use that table as my office away from my office because of the lighting.
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Now antique pieces, I can only imagine the stories secreted into them over the years. Yours are reason enough to hold onto, Miriam. Trust you are doing well. xx
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Thank you, Dippy. Yes, mines are recent antique, Recent enough to blend in with the rest of furniture. I’ve been busy visiting my new granddaughter (8 1/2 months old) once a month. I keep blogging but less frequent. ❤
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I bet the little bundle of cuteness makes up for the infrequent blog posts 🙂 xx
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Yes, thank you, Dippy. ❤ ❤
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They are beautiful, Miriam but so heavy too.
I think the nails would be different too. But they live for a long time, Miriam. I don’t think modern furniture would live that long. Thanks for sharing.
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Yes, Nahla! Teak is a very condensed wood so it’s heavy. Thank you for reading.
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Those are beautiful antiques, Miriam. 🙂
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Thank you, Cristina. They are. The brass table needs more work. 🙂
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