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Lawless Letters


Got Good Bones

Sep 28th 2022

Today I just want to do a quick introduction to one of my favorites websites. Got Good Bones is a fixture of the vintage and furniture restoration communities since 2014 and grows each year.From their … read more
Chippendale Part Four

Chippendale Part Four

Sep 28th 2022

Continued from Part Three...Who was William Hallet, Esq.? The Great Dictionary is silent concerning him, notwithstanding his purchase of a fine the estate of the Duke of Chandos. The "person in the Je … read more
Desks & Secretaries - Thomas Ormsbee's History of American Furniture

Desks & Secretaries - Th...

Sep 28th 2022

The following is an excerpt from The Story of American Furniture (1937) by Thomas OrmsbeeDesks & SecretariesFrom the settlement of Jamestown to the close of the first quarter of the 19th Century w … read more
The Difference Between Hepplewhite & Sheraton Style Furniture

The Difference Between H...

Posted by Derrick Lawless on Oct 21st 2021

There are many, many differences in the furniture styles of George Hepplewhite and Thomas Sheraton. These two furniture artists of the mid-18th century each had a style of their own but to … read more