Identifying Antique and Vintage Furniture

Whether you are decorating your home with vintage furniture or simply scouring the local flea market for some nice antique pieces for your den, it's of undeniable help to know something on how to spot antique furniture ahead of purchasing.
A piece of furniture may not be worth buying, simply for the fact that it has several years on it. Again, just any piece that's good in shape could hold some value even after a century. While many of these pieces may not be high quality antiques, they nevertheless attach some value to themselves over time.
A good way to spot vintage furniture pieces is whether it has been dated and signed by the manufacturer. Many pieces are, but most often they are handwritten at the underside and fade over the passage of years.
Don't always trust your eyes for identifying antique furniture like Chippendale or Queen Anne. Watch out for deceptively similar looking reproductions that could be as beautiful as the original. While original pieces are mostly found in museums these days, a rare piece may occasionally come under the hammer at auctions.
Typical designs found on Queen Anne pieces are the flared-out wide seats and the clawed feet. One way of identifying whether the piece is genuinely antique or fake is by turning over the item. If the furniture sports a paper tag or some traces of it, it's unlikely an antique furniture. In fact, most genuine vintage furniture won't have any markings or tags. This is because it wasn't required by law then to label the pieces. Fake pieces don't have tags and are usually "beaten" in the factory. Chains and many other similar instruments are used to hit the wood to make it look older. Look for some repeat patterns on the wood. If you notice a mark with three small scratches together, chances are that the item is a fake.
As the years passed, it became common among furniture manufacturers to attach printed tags to the items that listed the country of origin, the manufacturer's name as well as the year. Remember that these tags could be forged. So any time you consider purchasing an expensive piece of antique furniture, have an expert examine it.
While examining tags, they could appear as faded or covered in varnish because the furniture has been refinished. Thee tags could even be missing complete. They are nevertheless a fine way of determining the age of the furniture, if the year of manufacture is listed. However, never get fooled by the label. Simply because a purported piece of antique furniture has a good-looking label comprising the name of the manufacturer, the year and the country of origin, it hardly means that the item is a rare collector's piece. If the label on the furniture is intact and the piece truly turns out to have a vintage value, the tag would add to the item's worth. Buying furniture that has a tag which documents the age is always a plus while buying furniture that has antique value.

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