furniture & decorative accessories

PERIOD ROOMS are the goal of a very small niche of old-house owners.

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Most of us take an eclectic approach, mixing handed-down furniture and comfortable pieces with the occasional splurge. Spare, mid-century chairs can play well in a room dripping with ornamental plaster, for example. Furniture complements a room by virtue of its proportion, shape, material, and fabric pattern. Matching period is of course a shortcut to a good fit: Hepplewhite furniture in a Federal house, furniture designed by C.F.A. Voysey for a Tudor, as examples.

1. JOAN BOGART ANTIQUES joanbogart.com

American furniture and lighting from 1820 to 1900 with an emphasis on Victorian and Neoclassical furniture, chandeliers, Victorian lamps, and accessories. [phone]