near-antique

Updated: July 23, 2025

Country cabinet-makers were as fine artists as those who catered to the urban taste but their public was satisfied with simple pieces and they wrought accordingly. Calcimined walls and near-antique furnishings are, naturally, not the only means of producing a homey effect. Their chief merit lies in the fact that they are effective, inexpensive, and easily changed.

Renee Richmond Huntley Ormsbee - If You're Going to Live in the Country