Just to clarify something: "shouting" is all caps. Use of a somewhat
larger type can be due to several things: the writers eyesight, courtesy
toward those readers whose eyesight is NOT perfect (and many on the AB,
and others, have been in the busines...
May I suggest that those of you who have chosen to disparage the
Antiques Board, follow up by actually reading the questions and answers,
ask a question of your own, and pay attention to the source of
wrong/confusing/rude remarks that for reasons unk...
The hip treatment is "panniers." This style was evident in various
mutations prior to the time of the Revolutionary War and after, but the
OP's version would have been quite the thing in George Washington's
time. Somewhere there is a lovely painting ...
Dream on, Shiloh! Just as a fun postscript to this, one November, I
realized that all the silver -- three shelves of it -- in my corner
cupboard, needed to be polished. Well, one thing and another, Christmas
coming, children, stuff, etc., and I kept ...