Show and Tell
mcat
is down with the US Turkey day festivities and subsequent shopping
spree. So I have taken a few pictures of my store. Okay, there are
two of us in the store, and my shelves of linens just aren't
photographic, so some (okay, most) of the stuff in the pictures isn't
mine.
http://www2.cecomet.net/mcat/mcat/store.htm
Let me know if you see anything interesting.
And for those of us who enjoyed Ronnie's story about the formation of
the Isle of Man a while back, and the Giant's Causeway, here is an
image of the Giant's Causeway.
http://www2.cecomet.net/mcat/Images/causeway.jpg
(Did I finally find that elusive photo of Ronnie? ;>)
mcat
Esengo
>http://www2.cecomet.net/mcat/mcat/store.htm
>
>Let me know if you see anything interesting.
>
Thanks for the peek, mcat! :-)
I'd love to take a toss in those linens.....don't ya love it when you do all
that ironing and folding and a bunch of hens come toss it around! :-D
Fayette
Marshall Schuon
_______
What kind of establishment are you operating there??!!!
Marshall
Marshall Schuon
wrote:
>Either my ISP's newsfeed has taken ill again, or the volume of posts
>is down with the US Turkey day festivities and subsequent shopping
>spree. So I have taken a few pictures of my store. Okay, there are
>two of us in the store, and my shelves of linens just aren't
>photographic, so some (okay, most) of the stuff in the pictures isn't
>mine.
>
>http://www2.cecomet.net/mcat/mcat/store.htm
>
>Let me know if you see anything interesting.
>
>And for those of us who enjoyed Ronnie's story about the formation of
>the Isle of Man a while back, and the Giant's Causeway, here is an
>image of the Giant's Causeway.
>
>http://www2.cecomet.net/mcat/Images/causeway.jpg
>
>(Did I finally find that elusive photo of Ronnie? ;>)
>
>mcat
________
Wonder if it would work if I print that and then put it into my
stereoptican? Maybe get a well-rounded view of rogue Ronnie?
Marshall
mcat
>Mcat wrote:
>>http://www2.cecomet.net/mcat/mcat/store.htm
>>
>>Let me know if you see anything interesting.
>>
>
>Thanks for the peek, mcat! :-)
>I'd love to take a toss in those linens.....don't ya love it when you do all
>that ironing and folding and a bunch of hens come toss it around! :-D
> Fayette
If you're ever out in western New York (south west of Buffalo, on Lake
Erie) let me know, and I'll give you a guided tour through those
linens. Although we try to keep it from looking like a "rag shop" so
that the people who abhor the thought of old linens also have stuff to
look at. And due to a recent change in circumstances I am branching
out a bit.
I really don't mind going through regularly and refolding all the
linens.
mcat
toss and fold, toss and fold...
mcat
Schuon) wrote:
>On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 22:37:01 GMT, mc...@cecomet.net.nothere (mcat)
>wrote:
>
>>And for those of us who enjoyed Ronnie's story about the formation of
>>the Isle of Man a while back, and the Giant's Causeway, here is an
>>image of the Giant's Causeway.
>>
>>http://www2.cecomet.net/mcat/Images/causeway.jpg
>>
>>(Did I finally find that elusive photo of Ronnie? ;>)
>>
>>mcat
>________
>
>Wonder if it would work if I print that and then put it into my
>stereoptican? Maybe get a well-rounded view of rogue Ronnie?
>
>Marshall
>
I know the quality isn't the greatest, there are few times I wish I
had a scanner instead of my camera. If you wanted to try printing and
viewing, I could e-mail you or point you to a higher resolution pic.
Standard operating procedure to lower the resolution of pics for use
on the web.
mcat
Ronnie McKinley
>http://www2.cecomet.net/mcat/mcat/store.htm
>
>Let me know if you see anything interesting.
Holy Flying Circus!!! do you know there's a bloody big snake living on
your top shelf?
Anyway, how much are you looking for the Staffordshire figures, middle
shelf far right?
Think I would make a bee-line to the "the men's corner" ... meet ya
there Marshall, and we can spit, cuss and tell dirty jokes. ;>
Ronnie - Ronnie
============
Tama Filipas
>If you're ever out in western New York (south west of Buffalo, on Lake
>Erie) let me know, and I'll give you a guided tour through those
>linens.
I'd LOVE to take you up on this....I grew up in Fredonia, and hope to
get back there this summer. What town are you in?
Tama
mcat
It's a very neat reticulated cobra. Doesn't eat much. :) Carved
from a dark wood, either walnut or some Indian or Indonesian varitey.
I thought you'd pick out the Staffordshire.
mcat
Cyanogirl
>Think I would make a bee-line to the "the men's corner" ... meet ya
>there Marshall, and we can spit, cuss and tell dirty jokes. ;>
I've been waiting for you fellahs to show up. There's only so much spittin',
cussin', and dirty-jokin' a girl can do on her own. :)
Cyn
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What's a nice girl like me doin' in a joint like this?
Marshall Schuon
(Ronnie McKinley) wrote:
>In rec.antiques mcat wrote:
>
>>http://www2.cecomet.net/mcat/mcat/store.htm
>>
>>Let me know if you see anything interesting.
>
>
>Think I would make a bee-line to the "the men's corner" ... meet ya
>there Marshall, and we can spit, cuss and tell dirty jokes. ;>
>
>Ronnie - Ronnie
>============
Yep. The drillin' and screwin' corner. Spittoo!!!
Marshall
Marshall Schuon
>Ronnie wrote:
>>Think I would make a bee-line to the "the men's corner" ... meet ya
>>there Marshall, and we can spit, cuss and tell dirty jokes. ;>
>
>I've been waiting for you fellahs to show up. There's only so much spittin',
>cussin', and dirty-jokin' a girl can do on her own. :)
>Cyn
>======
>What's a nice girl like me doin' in a joint like this?
_______
Eyeing the snake, perhaps?
Marshall
Marshall Schuon
wrote:
>>
>>>And for those of us who enjoyed Ronnie's story about the formation of
>>>the Isle of Man a while back, and the Giant's Causeway, here is an
>>>image of the Giant's Causeway.
>>>
>>>http://www2.cecomet.net/mcat/Images/causeway.jpg
>>>
>>>(Did I finally find that elusive photo of Ronnie? ;>)
>>>
>>>mcat
>>________
>>
>>Wonder if it would work if I print that and then put it into my
>>stereoptican? Maybe get a well-rounded view of rogue Ronnie?
>>
>>Marshall
>>
>
>I know the quality isn't the greatest, there are few times I wish I
>had a scanner instead of my camera. If you wanted to try printing and
>viewing, I could e-mail you or point you to a higher resolution pic.
>
______
That's okay. I'll just keep picturing Ronnie as slightly out of
focus. :)
Marshall
Ronnie McKinley
>On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 15:27:45 GMT, rmck...@glenbourne.fsnet.co.uk
>(Ronnie McKinley) wrote:
>
>>In rec.antiques mcat wrote:
>>
>>>http://www2.cecomet.net/mcat/mcat/store.htm
>>>
>>>Let me know if you see anything interesting.
>>
>>
>>Think I would make a bee-line to the "the men's corner" ... meet ya
>>there Marshall, and we can spit, cuss and tell dirty jokes. ;>
>>
>>Ronnie - Ronnie
>>============
>
>Yep. The drillin' and screwin' corner. Spittoo!!!
>
Aye, we can compare our tool .... collection.
Ronnie
=====
JC
jc
Testimony Antiques
Cyanogirl
>
>>Ronnie wrote:
>>>Think I would make a bee-line to the "the men's corner" ... meet ya
>>>there Marshall, and we can spit, cuss and tell dirty jokes. ;>
>>
>>cussin', and dirty-jokin' a girl can do on her own. :)
>>Cyn
>>======
>>What's a nice girl like me doin' in a joint like this?
>_______
>
>Eyeing the snake, perhaps?
>
>Marshall
>
You know me like I know mysefl. :)
Cyn
Marshall Schuon
(Ronnie McKinley) wrote:
>>>
>>>Think I would make a bee-line to the "the men's corner" ... meet ya
>>>there Marshall, and we can spit, cuss and tell dirty jokes. ;>
>>>
>>>Ronnie - Ronnie
>>>============
>>
>>Yep. The drillin' and screwin' corner. Spittoo!!!
>
>
>Aye, we can compare our tool .... collection.
>
>Ronnie
>=====
See the sig in my post to Jon on Dremel Moto-Tools. :)
Marshall
Marshall Schuon
______
In for a penny, in for a pound.
John Henry
Kat
Nice shop. I liked the linen area.
I only don't like antique linen if it smells
like dirty laundry. But often it comes this
way when you buy it from the odd second hand
store, auction house, country auction etc.
I usually wash the antique linen I get by
hand carefully especially if it has
that "been stored away in a damp basement
or attic smell." I don't like smelling
a pillow that seems like it hasn't been dusted
or washed in a hundred years.
I did a show recently and I put some antique
linens in an old but nice looking mohagany
box about 18X18 inches wide and long. I layed
all the antique and old linen around the box
and people seemed to be really attracted to that
type of small romantic touch. I wanted to give
people the feeling that they were opening
an old box from the past discovered beautiful
old Linen from the past. And storing the old
linen in these types of old wooden boxes makes
it easier to store the linen and adds an extra
amount of security if your able to close or
lock the box when your leaving the store and/
or show.
Regards,
Kathleen
mcat wrote:
>
> Either my ISP's newsfeed has taken ill again, or the volume of posts
> is down with the US Turkey day festivities and subsequent shopping
> spree. So I have taken a few pictures of my store. Okay, there are
> two of us in the store, and my shelves of linens just aren't
> photographic, so some (okay, most) of the stuff in the pictures isn't
> mine.
>
> http://www2.cecomet.net/mcat/mcat/store.htm
>
> Let me know if you see anything interesting.
>
mcat
>Mcat,
>
>Nice shop. I liked the linen area.
Thanks :)
>I only don't like antique linen if it smells
>like dirty laundry. But often it comes this
>way when you buy it from the odd second hand
>store, auction house, country auction etc.
>
>I usually wash the antique linen I get by
>hand carefully especially if it has
>that "been stored away in a damp basement
>or attic smell." I don't like smelling
>a pillow that seems like it hasn't been dusted
>or washed in a hundred years.
I wash (and iron) most of the linens I sell. There are exceptions,
but I figure that tablecloths, napkins, dresser scarves, doilies,
sheets and pillowcases are going to be used and laundered by whoever
buys them. And ironong gives me the opportunity to minutely examine
the linens for pinholes or small spots that otherwise might be missed.
If machine washing is going to kill these things, I'd rather I do that
before they are sold. Even the pillow shams in the gallery were
machine washed.
The things I don't machine wash include:
New old stock (unless it's really really dirty.) Once linen has been
washed you never get back the "new" feeling to it. And lots of the
"new old" stuff still has labels.
Late Victorian silks. So many of the silks from that era were
weighted with metallic salts which cut the fibers and are responsible
for the silk shattering. The more expensive (read: less weighted)
silks do hold up much better.
Late Victorian colored embroidery, before they improved the fastness
of the dyes. These will be hand washed, as will the finer laces and
woolen items.
>
>I did a show recently and I put some antique
>linens in an old but nice looking mohagany
>box about 18X18 inches wide and long. I layed
>all the antique and old linen around the box
>and people seemed to be really attracted to that
>type of small romantic touch. I wanted to give
>people the feeling that they were opening
>an old box from the past discovered beautiful
>old Linen from the past. And storing the old
>linen in these types of old wooden boxes makes
>it easier to store the linen and adds an extra
>amount of security if your able to close or
>lock the box when your leaving the store and/
>or show.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kathleen
Sounds like a pleasing display. However, do be careful about storing
linens in wood boxes. Wood can stain and damage fibers. Use an acid
free lining (tissue paper, or for storage, put the linens on an old
pillowcase.) Also, linens should be able to breathe. Make sure the
box isn't air tight or is opened frequently.
Thanks for your comments,
mcat
>mcat wrote:
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>>
>> http://www2.cecomet.net/mcat/mcat/store.htm
>>
>> Let me know if you see anything interesting.
<snip again>
>>
>> mcat
jc
only had this happen twice , but that was enough. One was on a trunk, the
other a piece of furniture. What are they thinking? The trunk never should
have happened. I asked for it to be held for a bit. When hubby and I went
to go load it in the car, the shop girl had put a piece of paper with my
name on it .... But she used masking tape on the wood ! We re-negotiated a
price.
jc
Kat <xy...@stacken.kth.se> wrote in message
news:38559121...@stacken.kth.se...
> Mcat,
>
> Don't you hate it when you buy a piece of antique
> embroidered linen and its in perfect condition
> when you buy it then you take it home and pull
> off the price tag and you see that the price
> tag has stained the piece of embroidered linen.
> Don't you hate when this happens? I never
> put adhesive price tags on my items because
> of this but I hate when I buy something and
> don't notice until later that it has a sticky
> price tag on it that has damaged it.
>
> What is your experience with this type of thing?
>
> Regards,
>
> Kathleen
Kat
Kat
And the worst is when you discover that a piece of
furniture has been glued in an area that had looked
perfect when you originally bought it but you can
tell its been glued because after a few years you
see the inferior glue that it was glued with
disintergrating. I since sold this item! It was
an English harped sewing table with two drawers
in the front and clawed legs on brass wheels.
I kind of regret selling it as cheaply as I did
since it was probably a late 19th century copy
of the 18th century table of the same style.
But the glued leg looked very difficult to fix.
Since inside of the leg there appeared to be
many different hollow sections inside of it.
Oh well.......
Que sera sera.......
Regards,
Kathleen
jc wrote:
>
> Yes!...and what about stickers or tape on wood that lifts the vanish? I've
> only had this happen twice , but that was enough. One was on a trunk, the
> other a piece of furniture. What are they thinking? The trunk never should
> have happened. I asked for it to be held for a bit. When hubby and I went
> to go load it in the car, the shop girl had put a piece of paper with my
> name on it .... But she used masking tape on the wood ! We re-negotiated a
> price.
> jc
>
> Kat <xy...@stacken.kth.se> wrote in message
> news:38559121...@stacken.kth.se...
A2Gumbo
before I purchase the item. This is especially important on metal and silver
items. A price tag left on too long will permanently discolor the item and no
amount of polishing will remove that little tell tale square mark. When I sell
compacts or cigarette cases, I always use a price tag with a string and place
the string inside the item with the tag hanging out. Other metal items will
always have a place where the string can be tied on.
Ashley
Maryann
>embroidered linen and its in perfect condition
>when you buy it then you take it home and pull
>off the price tag and you see that the price
>tag has stained the piece of embroidered linen.
>Don't you hate when this happens? I never
>put adhesive price tags on my items because
>of this but I hate when I buy something and
>don't notice until later that it has a sticky
>price tag on it that has damaged it.
>What is your experience with this type of thing?
My worst experience with this sort of thing was a beautiful hand
painted plate. when I pulled off the tag the paint came with it! Now
of course I soak them off--too late wise. What I hate even more is to
pull off a tag and find it is hiding damage.
Maryann