"How many years" 意思是“多少岁”，"old" 是形容词，"are you" 是疑问语气的"be"动词，整句的意思是“你多少岁了？”例如：How many years old are you? 你多少岁了？回答年龄时，可以使用"I am __ years old."的句型，其中"__"是年龄的数字。例如：I am 25 years old. 我25岁。询...
Clothing more than 100 years old is considered antique, not vintage. Retro clothing refers to anything produced in vintage style in the past 20 years.Pexels There are a few terms you need to understand as you consider starting a business selling vintage clothing online. ...
The walls, which were painted white, had been dirtied over many years. I reached my flat’s lobby, and pressed the lift button and went in. Just then, Mrs Lim, my elderly neighbour, hobbled (蹒跚) in. Sh...
Rug Making –Authentic antique hand-made rugs and carpets represent a unique and centuries old craft. With living archaeological specimens such as the Pazyryk carpet dating back more than 2,500 years, we know that people have been weaving fine rugs and carpets for a very long time. Remarkably...
While Wood Elixir is a powerful cleaner, it also penetrates the finish to help solve many serious furniture finish problems. Wood Elixir will even re-amalgamate and bond the dried, flaking finish found on some antique furniture. Dr. Woodwell Wood Elixir also cleans painted tin toys, decals and...
Barron enjoys vintage and antique decor and is known for helping clients stage their homes using key pieces of decor that catch buyers’ eyes. She says that while many of the objects are there for staging purposes only, the look still “speaks” to buyers. “(Sellers) end up getting...
No doubt many antique dealers today wish this were the case, the market for what is usually dubbed ‘brown furniture’ having substantially diminished. We are inclined to believe the phenomenon of recent origin, but a feature published byApolloin October 1945 suggests the decline had by then alr...
‘Scotch’, it must be produced in, unsurprisingly, Scotland and aged for at least three years. Many brands are based in the northern part of the country or across the isles (Talisker is from the Isle of Skye, and Gordon & McPhail from Elgin for example) and boast hundreds of years’...
was credited with the creation of the first carnival glass piece. They were known for detailed scalloped and crimped edges that outlined many of their creations. Fenton’s strawberry scroll, a sweeping pattern featuring raised strawberries, is exceptionally rare and desirable in the antique market. ...
To be an antique, an item must be at least one hundred years old. How to ship antiques Shipping antiques overseas requires proper planning to ensure your valuable, fragile and sentimental items arrive as packed and without delays. The first step is to assess the object's age and condition ...