Antique Furniture Reproductions
Most of the people I know who collect antiquities for sale are fans of age itself. They do not simply seek something with a novel design ? they seek something that is part of an ancient world. I don’t quite understand the thrill that gives them, but it seems to be very powerful. I imagine that it allows them to pretend that they aren’t of their own time and live a vicarious life in the past through their possessions.
My interest in this kind of stuff is much different. I mostly collect antique furniture reproductions. You see, I don’t really particularly admire the past. I’d much rather live in my own time. We have all these modern conveniences that I wouldn’t be able to do without. Nonetheless, I do like some of the more classical aesthetics.
I have quite a variety of antique reproduction furniture. I started my collection of antique furniture reproductions early, you see, and have been really putting them together since college. My mom bought me a false mission chair when I went away to school. It was surprisingly inexpensive, and was quite an elegant design. It wasn’t my favorite chair in college ? it wasn’t all that comfortable for sprawling around in or lying back on ? but it did make my room look more impressive and classy.
I went through a period collecting antique furniture reproductions modeled after Chinese furniture. I particularly liked those Asian cabinets that you see. I’m talking about the red ones with the wide open shelves and the small delicate doorknobs. They have the simple beauty to them that you don’t really see even in modern furniture.
There is an antique reproduction furniture store down the block, and I spend a lot of time there. It’s pretty unusual to find a store that really specializes in antique furniture reproductions. It seems like a pretty niche market, and it’s strange to think that our community can support a store that only does that. Still, I’m grateful for it. Many of my best finds have come out of that place.
My favorite piece isn’t actually an antique furniture reproduction, but a reconstructed antique. It is a brass bed frame I bought, and it had actually been rebuilt from an original. Half of it have been handmade by someone and half of it was from the actual original design. It cost a lot more than my other antique furniture reproductions. Nonetheless, it was worth it. Nothing beats a beautiful, ornamental bed frame.
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