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For authentic historic restoration, To add character to new construction, Or create one of a kind interior design. At Sarasota Architectural Salvage you will find character, quality workmanship, value pricing and a little piece of history from ... more
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Our skilled packing and crating department will analyze the items and prepare a customized packing solution for each piece. We use modern packing materials and can construct durable crates for highly valuable or fragile items. The experienced ... more
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A. As with everything in life, you usually get what you pay for. Antique & Traditional floors are popular now; but that doesn’t mean everyone selling them is properly installing them. Because I truly love these floors & woodwork, this is all I do. ... more
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No. It is JinnCo’s official stance that using your own ingenuity and trickery to capture your genie is an essential component of the genie enslavement experience. Not only is genie capture just plain fun, but it also simplifies the wish granting ... more
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Maybe. It all depends on how the long-gone manufacturer assembled the radiator. A cast-iron radiator goes together in sections, like a loaf of sliced bread. Each section attaches to the next with round metal fittings called nipples. Nipples looks ... more
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Yes. Mildly acidic concentrates are used for darkening zinc or pewter and tin/lead castings to achieve and "antique" appearance. They may be applied by a swab-on process or immersion of parts. Polish or burnish after dipping to highlight specific ... more
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Numerous European antique doll makers used composition heads during the late 18th and early 19th centuries like the Luigi Furga & Company from Italy and Nottingham Doll Manufacturing Company from England. German doll makers, such as H. Joseph Levin, ... more
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By: Diana Pemberton-Sikes Article Summary: Understanding vintage clothing, and the differences between it and antique clothing, secondhand, etc. ... more
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The Cadillac automobile emblem is adopted from the coat of arms from French explorer Le Sieur Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who established Detroit. The irony is that Cadillac is an assumed name. The explorer's real name was Antoine Laumet. ... more
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A few months ago I was fortunate to purchase an old chair. I have studied the form and style of the chair, tested the wood type and other features that I deemed important in understand the period and availbility of such chairs, yet I would like to ... more
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