Monthly Archives: February 2014

taking care of tapa cloth

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Editor

Tapa cloth has always played a big role in New Zealand decorating due to its ready availability. Go back thirty years and there was barely a student flat in which someone didn’t have a large tapa (or at least a … Continue reading →

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an oft-heard tale of silveriness

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Editor

I keep telling myself that is it is time to move on and stop posting about items made of silver – their neglect, ridiculous cheapness and how to clean them.  The problem with this all-together sensible thinking, is that I … Continue reading →

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The Balloon-back chair (1830-1850)

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Editor

No other piece of furniture has had quite the same fall from grace among collectors as has the balloon back dining chair. Once the most highly sought after piece of colonial furniture – a set of ballon-backs, however pert, not … Continue reading →

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On Lustreware Teapots

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Editor

This is a piece called ‘English Silver Lustreware Teapots’ of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, I wrote it for another blog but thought Decor Extremus readers might also like it.  Lusterware is one of those materials desirable for its ability to … Continue reading →

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