Who Sat in This Chair?

Have you ever found an antique chair (or anything else, for that matter) that had specially worn areas? Perhaps on the arm rests? Or the lower cross member where someone rested their feet? And when you find something like this, you wonder “Who sat in this chair, all those years ago?” Did he/she have a family? Were they rich or poor? Was it the patriarch or matriarch of the family? These imponderables give real meaning to antiques. Whenever I sit in one of the chairs in our shop, I think about the people who sat in it and how their daily lives were similar or different than ours today. I guess these imponderables are what lead people to an interest in history. Having a real piece of furniture from their daily lives IN MY LIFE makes an antique very special. Happy Collecting! Tom