The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-01

to furnish hats with odd pieces Of different
periods, with only common tint to base
relationship upon. This ID not inexpen-
Sive, by any means, but by timely denance
Of the fad II is possible to enjoy . wide lati-
tude.in taste.
As incomes mount towards the 5000
limit limit. where siN two people are practically
hand and furnish room with that evil
simplicity" which costs $1,000 II % al
most certainty that they will pufch ase
old furniture for you at rates which are ex-
orbitant, having bsen liked oy dealers who
know the full value of Chippendale or
Liberation: But there 10 method OF pur,
chase which outdoes anything published
in bargains. 1t II the New England
auction sale OF household goods. where
ciaw-footed tables and mahogany dressers
are sold for S..
Cape Cod, and, in fact, the Southern and
New England states, have been swept OF
their ''old Coloniais," but New Hampshire
and Southern Vermont still possess their
ancient treasures.
If would-be bidders at ono Of these
forced sales cannot personally attend. it 10
good idea to write to friends in the vicin-
ity apd ask them to purchase for you. 1t
was only few months ago that. in Cen.
trail New Hampshire, New York woman
bought . solid mahogany four-post colo
clock, made In Hartford during the last
century, went for 81 on the auctioneer's
confession that it did not keep very good
time" An old dresser, whose oval mirror
seemed to reflect the faces of patched and
powdered danes Of revolutionary days.
brought $40.
At 3New Jersey sale in one Of the in
terror towns these prices were equaled.
Some rare blue china plates were bought
tor IS dozen, while the cups and saucers
were valued at s..
Now and then one comes across genu-
inc Theraton. or Chippendale. bat they
are becoming extremely rare. The ball
and claw and the Windsor chairs are. per-
haps, the most common of the old make.
but they are by no means easy to prove
genuine.
The colonial claw foot was first manu-
featured in 1869. and was modelled after
the Chinese and Japanese ball and claw, OF
which an illustration IS here given. About
ITO the handsome Chippendale ball and
claw chairs with their open interlacing
backs Of carved wood and their handy legs
fan-shaped wooden back and hard, cush-
ionless seats, belong to the period OF 176O.
OF the tables which are rare there is the
square table with drawers underneath, the
board belonging to the first part of the
seventeenth century. The remarkably
common ROUND table WITH Dall ana ciaW IS
OF the tirst quarter of the eighteenth CEN
fury. Dressers, tables. chairs. beds, chests
oi drawers. everything made in America
until 1900 is titled Unfortunately Go
lonial."
But of course the manufactures of GER
tain periods OF this time d fer decidedly
in value. The dolphin curved dressers are
especially to be desired for their quaint
and curious carvings, and the clocks of
t1on A I'D Ia thnve ri
woods.
It is possible to Judge of the period to
which furniture belongs by its wood. In
Massachusetts black walnut. in Connect
cut wild cherry were used in cabinet work
until 1855, when mahogany came into the
market. After that date this beautiful
wood was used for the best furniture,
but now its value is not greater than the
rich old cherry or sturdy oak of an earlier
period.