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The late-Victorian period was a time of innovation and invention. Furniture designers took advantage of new technologies, making turnings and ornaments that were impossible earlier. The center table ...

The Victorian era was an opulent time when life was good, fashion was overblown and furniture was festooned with carvings and trim. Britain’s Queen Victoria was the first English monarch to see her ...

Question: This is a photo of an antique machine, carved swing-leg table with the leaf down. It belonged to my great-great grandparent and has been in our family and the same house since the late 1800s ...

Victorians were very particular about their settings for dinner tables, especially at Christmas time. Some of the descriptions include water fountains, lakes and elaborate stands filled with flowers ...