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Antique GlossaryOriginally, in the eighteenth century, a small wagon on wheels used for circulating wine around a large dining table. Often a coaster would be fitted with decanters for port, claret, and madeira. Coasters were made of silver or mahogany and later were made to slide on baize rather than roll on wheels. It is this form that evolved into the modern coaster. A floor-standing box lined with lead in which to keep white wine in ice water. A small funnel made from silver or plate used for decanting wine. It had a filter at the top to catch any lees, and its spout was angled at the bottom to send the wine down the glass side of the decanter so that its color could be checked. Small shield-shaped labels hung on fine silver chains around the necks of decanters to identify their contents. Common from about 1775 until the end of the Victorian period and still reproduced, the labels A small, low stand, usually on a tripod base. ABreak-front bookcase This term is used to describe the X-shaped construction of some chairs and stools. Made to simulate wood, this is an early and rare form of plastic dating from 1868. A Japanese brush and ink holder - it resembles in purpose if not looks, an antique fountain pen. They are extremely unusual in the West, but some people collect them. A unit of measurement used in carpet-making, which is somewhere between one yard and one metre in length. A term given to a measurement of one and a half Zars, and which is about 5feet (1.53 metres), and is the typical width of many Oriental rugs. This South American wood, mainly brown in colour, takes its name from its distinctive black stripes. It was used as a veneer , mainly for inlay ,marquetry and parquetry . An early effort in the field of animation, this was composed of a revolving cylinder of quite large diameter, into which a circular strip of card with pictures was placed. When the cylinder is spun, the pictures appear to move. |
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