Trade Tips

Trade Tips: Upholstery Trim

Hope the new year is off to a great start for you!  Here is the second in our 3-part series on upholstery.  This short clip covers basic methods of upholstery trim.  Enjoy!

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Notes for 2011

The last few weeks of 2010, as I try and think about what we might expect from 2011, reading the headlines alternating between recovery and recession themed stories has been frustrating.  For every legitimate story evidencing the nascent recovery, there is at least one or more that cause me to pause.  Most recently, the holiday shopping […]

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Trade Tips: Upholstery Styles

Hello! We have taken far too long to put this next batch of videos together, but we are happy to finally have one for you to see. This video is the first of a three part series we are devoting to upholstery.  All too often these days, we find chairs that have had some foam […]

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Trade Tips: 18th Century French Chairs

Here is our third Trade Tips video clip! Tony Victoria covers the defining characteristics of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI chairs as well as the transitional periods. He offers some great details to look for to help you identify the different styles. We hope you find it useful and enjoyable! Note: you may […]

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Trade Tips: Chair Frame Construction

We just finished our second Trade Tips video clip. This segment covers some of the basics of traditional chair construction and some key dimensions to keep in mind regarding chair design and comfortability. We hope you find it useful! Have a great Labor Day weekend! Please click on the link below for the video:

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Trade Tips: Gilding Techniques

Tony and I are trying something new – video blog clips! We shot our first “Trade Tips” clip yesterday. It is a quick overview covering tricks Tony has taught me to identity mercury gilding versus electrolytic bath gilding of brass mounts.  The topics for these clips will vary, this one being a bit more advanced, […]

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