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Modern Furniture – What is it and who wants it?

Sarasota Antique Buyers

Step into a world where art and practicality intertwine in the unique realm of modern furniture design. The late 19th-century contemporary art movement influences this type of furniture, blending abstract expression with functionality, a testament to the ingenuity of its creators.

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French Provincial Furniture: Classic Elegance for Modern Interiors

Invaluable

However, if upping sticks and jetting off to a countryside corner of Provence isn’t on the cards, the next best thing could be adorning your home with furniture that will recreate a refined country style throughout your spaces. The hallmarks of French Provincial furniture lie in its rustic yet elegant look.

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France’s Best Collectibles: Glass, Ceramics, the Marché aux Puces

WorthPoint

The consensus is that today’s modern-day flea market arose from mid-19th-century open-air markets in Paris, where vendors hawked their used goods, such as old, upholstered furniture, often infested with unfortunate fleas. Regarding simple, functional French glassware, La Rochere , Luminarc, and Duralex are all still in business today.

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Understanding the Different Levels of Value: It’s Worth What Where and When?

Artifactual History Appraisal

Examples of retail replacement value are the price an art gallery asks for a painting in their inventory, the asking price of a table by a furniture designer, or the manufacturer listed price of a sterling silver serving item. The next level is Fair Market Value.

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How to Have Bauhaus on a Budget

WorthPoint

Read on to learn a bit about Bauhaus and a lot about how you can find some excellent-quality, bargain-priced modernist Bauhaus goods for your home. Post-Industrial Revolution, the Bauhaus movement embraced both the ideas of mass production and streamlined functionality. Yes, bitte !

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Evaluating Your Collection

Penrose Appraisals

This is the goal of connoisseurship - to identify and separate something that is superior to its lookalikes, no matter what the category: needlework, wine, cars, teapots, or furniture. If it is intended as a functional object, does it comfortably do what it is supposed to? If not, it may not be the best of the best. Condition.

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“Focus on What’s Essential to You” - Franklin Parrasch on Making Your Own Way in the Art World

Art Dealers Association of America

And what it was, in fact, was an installation of studio furniture by one artist. And even to the point of conceptual art, even when there’s no product at all, there’s still this element of how the mind perceives function that I’m very interested in. I really loved the idea of function and aesthetic interests being melded.