While some antique furniture is best kept behind velvet ropes in do-not-touch settings, American oak begs to be used. There's nothing froufrou about it; even pieces gussied up in Art Nouveau ...

Modern kitchen design looks sleek, but sometimes vintage is better. One beautiful, iconic American piece is as functional as ...

Antique collecting is more than a weekend pastime for Bob and Susan Detweiler. The Cambria couple has dedicated their entire home to their passion for Early American antiques.

If the year 2017 affirmed one thing in the auction world, it was that, yes, prices can soar ever higher. A turquoise velvet Jean Royère polar bear sofa sold for over $550,000 in Paris, an Alberto ...

I grew up in a family that cherished old things. My parents were avid Early American antique collectors. We spent many vacations in Williamsburg, Virginia, where my brother and I were dragged ...

The earliest known American sampler was made by Loara Standish of the Plymouth Colony about 1645. By the 1700s, samplers depicting alphabets and numerals were worked by young women to learn the basic ...