Evaluating antiques using UV light
Ultraviolet light, or UV, also known as “black lights” are used to evaluate the hidden world of...
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Category: DeeDee Wood
How to identify wood types
You come across a beautiful table out in an antique store. It has a nice, dark hue to it, and it...
Read MoreMotion Lamps
(Editor’s note: DeeDee Wood is the store manager at Tharpe Antiques, in Easton, part of the Talbot Historical Society.) Motion lamps are revolving lamps that have an animated scene going around the shade as the lamp rotates....
Read MoreA history of chandeliers
(Editor’s note: DeeDee Wood is the store manager at Tharpe Antiques, in Easton, part of the Talbot Historical Society.) The word chandelier comes from the Latin/French word “candelabru,” which means candelabra, or a place for...
Read MoreTibetan Buddhist Thangkas
(Editor’s note: DeeDee Wood is the store manager at Tharpe Antiques, in Easton, part of the Talbot Historical Society.) A Tibetan thangka is a Tibetan Buddhist painting, usually painted upon silk or cotton. It depicts a Buddhist...
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