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Show ANTIQUE FURNITURE TO ORDER. "Ageing"' furniture by mechanical mechani-cal processes is a latter-day science. Reproductions of artistic pieces dating dat-ing from the time of Sheraton. Hcpfllcwhitc and Chippendale form a specialty business. But the com-' com-' pletion of these specimens of hand icraft is not arrived at when tho regular finishing touches have been applied not until appearance qualifies qual-ifies the article to be accepted as a "genuine" sample of bygone days. Upon the assumption that the offerings offer-ings are in fact models not imitations imita-tions of the remote periods, fancy prices arc obtained from credulous purchasers. Carvings arc sandblasted sand-blasted to ''age" angle edges, panels are warped with acid,- wood is Vormeatcn" by drills or shot and dents aro accomplished by hammering, hammer-ing, until the desired "reliable old" aspect is obtained. |