antique vanderpol table

A Chines collector who live in Jakarta, have bought an old vanderpol table. It is made of old teak wood with plaited carving on its legs, one of special characters of vanderpol style. This table is also called Lurah Table. ( Lurah is a leader of a region that consist of many villages).

It implies that on the past time only birocrates and rich people who cpuld afford to have ones. This table is actually a folding table that has can be pull out and push in according to our needs: how many people will sit around the table.

ANTIQUE VANDEPOL CABINETS

Yesterday, a local customer bought an antique vanderpol cabinet. The style of the cabinet was so populer in the colonial time where dutch people still ruled Indonesia. The uniqueness of vanderpol cabinet is its extra large size and its carving which usually put lion heads on some parts of the edges of the cabinet. Ome more thing is that it can come off (knock down) so it will be easier to transport anywhere you like. Height 250 - 285 cm, width 80 - 100 cm, length varies from 250 to 300 cm

Antique radios and Old Gramaphones

Mostly are philips. It has many different sizes and style off course without FM chanels and you should wait a moment until it produces sounds when you turn on.

His Masters voice is the most famous one for this items. The original ones always have serial numbers on one part of the body.Gramaphones also have many varieties, such as the one that has brass horn as the speaker.Another one has a cabinet style with shelves for the black CD`s and upper cover for the gramophones.Most people love the ones with brass horn as the speaker

Astrolop Hanging Lamps Antique

People love antique decoration will mostly be interested in this lamp. It`s like maroko style. Made of old green and clear bottles in various sizes and combines with brass, list chains and balls that beauty its shape.

The smallest size may vany in colors, such as clear, whitemilk, yellow, green, and red.

For medium and big sizes only clear, greenish clear, and green are available

Antique Iron Safe

Iron Safe at Fort Leaton, Texas
Originally uploaded by almostlindy

In the colonial time, many foreign people have good business in indonesia, especially in java, sumatera and kalimantan or borneo islands. They need a safety cabinets and boxes to keep the money and precisions jewelry and important documents. Those who usually use these were banks, offices, jewelry, shops and government offices. These unique old safes were mostly produced in germany, austria, britain, adn french. Each has special characters that will be discucced further on the next topic.

ilustration take from flickr

The definition of antique

The definition of antique varies from source tosource, product to product and year to year. But, sometime-tested definitions of antique deserveconsideration:An item which is at least 100 years old and iscollected or desirable due to rarity, condition,utility, or some other unique feature. Motor vehicles,tools and other items subject to vigorous use incontrast, may be considered antiques in the U.S. ifolder than 25 years, and some electronic gadgets ofmore recent vintage may be considered antiquesantique (noun) - Any piece of furniture or decorativeobject or the like produced in a former period andvaluable because of its beauty or rarity.
This definition allow people to make a distinctionbetween genuine antique pieces, vintage items orcollectible objects.
The alternative term antiquities is commonly used torefer the remains of ancient art and everyday itemsfrom antiquity, which themselves are oftenarchaeological artifacts.
"Antiquing" is the act of shopping, identifying,negotiating, or bargaining for antiques. Items can bebought for personal use, gifts, and in the case ofbrokers and dealers, profit. Antiquing is performed atgarage sales, estate sales, resort towns, antiquesdistricts, collectives, and international auctionhouses

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Antique

An antique (Latin: antiquus; old) is an old collectible item. It is collected or desirable because of its age, rarity, condition, utility, or other unique features. It is an object that represents a previous era in human society.
Antiques are usually objects which show some degree of craftsmanship, or a certain attention to design such as a desk or the early automobile. They are bought at antique shops, or passed down as an estate. Some valuable antiques can be bought from antique dealers and auction services or purchased online through websites and online auctions. Antique dealers are often members of national trade associations, many of which themselves belong to CINOA, a confederation of art and antique associations across 19 countries, representing 5000 dealers

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The Uniqueness of Bantul Craftsmen

I was born in Bantul, Yogyakarta. This time i`d liketo tell you about Bantul craftsmen. The uniqueness of the craftsmen in my region is their skill that they gaim from their anchestors, and in onevillage usually many traditional craftsmen have onevariety of craft product so that in turns the village become on the center of a spesific craft product, like in Buyutan village. It becomes the center of traditional homewares bamboo, Therefore, all blogger and traditional art work loversare able to have more alternative products from different craftsmen at the same time they enjoy thelocal village uniqueness taking a close look at howthe process of craft work production.

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Antique Furniture

Antique furniture is the term for collectible interior furnishings of considerable age; often its age, rarity, condition, utility, or other unique features makes the furniture desirable.
Antique furniture may support the human body (such as seating or beds), provide storage, or hold objects on horizontal surfaces above the ground. Storage furniture (which often makes use of doors, drawers, and shelves) is used to hold or contain smaller objects such as clothes, tools, books, and household goods. Furniture can be a product of artistic design and is considered a form of decorative art. In addition to furniture's functional role, it can serve a symbolic or religious purpose. Domestic furniture works to create, in conjunction with furnishings such as clocks and lighting, comfortable and convenient interior spaces. Furniture can be made from many materials, including metal, plastic, and wood. Cabinetry and cabinet making are terms for the skill set used in the building of furniture.
The earliest furniture was understandably very primitive and only practical, but gradually the furniture also began to have more importance and it became decorated. At this point, furniture became an early status symbol. Wealthy homeowners became more refined and demanded that their furnishings reflect their status and lifestyles.

Antique Is My World

I wanna say hi to all blogger community in indonesiaand all over the world. My name is Ratna. I live in Bantul, Yogyakarta. I work in an antique showroom thatdisplays many antique stuff, such as old iron safes, iron boxes, old fans, radios, old furniture, and manymore. I wrote this blog to tell you about surrounding in theplace i live in Yogyakarta and my activities in mydaily work. I am sure that my writings will be usefulfor all blogger that, perhaps, do not know much infoabout yogyakarta. To Antique hunters and lovers whowant to either complete their collections or resellthem.I guess my introduction is enough for this time. Nexttime i will continue to write again with a more actualand interesting topic.

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