Antique Lesson - Enfilade

Today I want to talk to you about Enfilades as they relate to interior design.   An enfilade , which is  pronounced like this  was originall...

Antique Lesson - The Confidante

This chair goes by many names - confidante, conversation chair and tete'-a-tete' - it's purpose?  To allow people to have a priv...

Antique Lesson - Majolica

Wow!  Time flies.  It's been four months since my husband and I took our couple's getaway to Highlands, N.C.  where we stayed at th...

Antique Lesson - Knife Box

Believe it or not, in the middle ages people usually brought their own cutlery with them when eating away from home.  Later, as cutlery beca...

Antique Lesson - Bouillotte Table

Bouilloutte (click  here  for pronunciation) is a card game that was wildly popular in France in the 18th century.  It became such the rage ...

Antique Lesson - Heart Ex-Votos

Years ago, I saw an image that stopped me in my tracks.  Although I can't remember the specific shelter magazine,  it was an image of a ...

Antique Lesson - Mustard Pot

I always assumed that mustard got it's name from the mustard plant which bears the seeds used in mustard.  But apparently, it's the ...