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Monday - Saturday
9am-5pm,
BY APPOINTMENT
OPEN TO TRADE AND PUBLIC
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Winslow Road
Granborough,
Bucks MK18 3NQ
BY APPOINTMENT
01296 532808
07887 834888
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Winslow Road
Granborough,
Bucks MK18 3NQ
BY APPOINTMENT
01296 532808
07887 834888
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News » Antique table and chair sets DO NOT EXIST
« BackFriday, March 24, 2023
So why is that the internet is full of adverts from ‘antiques’ dealers offering ‘antique table and chair sets’!?
The answer is quite shocking really as simply those adverts are not offering antiques. They are offering fakes/reproductions with careful wording which will incorporate words somewhere in the text of ‘style, ‘bespoke’, ‘vintage’, etc.. Should be easy to spot but these companies are doing a roaring trade using Ebay, Vinterior, 1stDIBS and various other platforms to catch customers who are flattered by the pictures and just don’t realise they are buying brand new Far East slave factory products made of plywood or poor timbers. Worse still is that they are often the same price or more than genuine antiques. We are sure most people looking for antiques don’t want a plywood fake so here’s some tips for you;
- Any description that includes ‘style’, ‘bespoke’, etc. simply means ‘brand new reproduction’
- Any company trying to sell you an ‘antique dining table and chair set’ are offering reproductions from the Far East
- Any ‘antique dining table’ or chair set that is described to be any of the below is simply veneered plywood
- Burr walnut
- Burr oak
- Decoratively inlaid with marquetry
- A single piece top of any timber (I’e without extension leaves)
- Any chair set offered as to be sold as 6,8,10,12, etc.. (they have hundreds from the factory)
However, if you are looking to complete a dining room with genuine period table and chairs to match then the service we offer includes choosing from over 500 dining tables and 3000 chairs in sets which we will then finish to match perfectly. We’ve included a couple of examples in the pictures here of completed groups to our customers specifications.