1- B. Its delicate,
hand-painted motifs
Manufactured in the late 19th century, Victorian
Bristol glass is appreciated for its delicately hand-painted botanical motifs.
2- A. No, the painting is a
fake.
Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag in May 1776.
3- B. No
Your friend was born in 1980. Even if her mom was 50
years old when she had her, her mom would have still been born in 1930 making
anything she bought at the time of her marriage still less than 100 years old
and therefore not really classified as an antique.
4- C. There is no difference.
The piece of furniture most commonly known as an
executive desk is more accurately known as a pedestal desk. The design features
a large flat work surface supported by two pedestals, one on either side of
where the user will sit; these pedestals usually feature drawers in which items
can be stored. The executive desk will also have a center drawer in between the
two pedestals, just above where the user will sit.
5- A. Yes! This is an awesome
find!
In 1889 the first practical electric sewing machine
was introduced by the Singer Sewing Machine Co.
6- B. Wrong- Furniture can
actually be more valuable with its original condition.
Always choose the least invasive method for making a
piece of antique furniture usable in your home.
7- A. The flame figure in the wood is revealed
by slicing through the face of the branch at the point where it joins another
element of the tree.
8- C. Yes- The style we refer
to as Victorian today came about during the 1800’s.
9- B. No- this piece is most
likely authentic.
Historians are unsure where the first lock was
invented, but evidence suggests that locks initially developed independently in
the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman civilizations. Wooden locks and keys were in use
as early as 4,000 years ago in Egypt.
10- A. Modern paints
fluoresce under a black light.
11- A. No- These coins are
fakes.
Anno Domini (A.D.) and Before Christ (B.C.) are
designations used to label or number years used with the Julian and Gregorian
calendars. This calendar era is based on the traditionally reckoned year of the
conception or birth of Jesus of Nazareth, with AD counting years after the
start of this epoch, and BC denoting years before the start of the epoch. This
dating system was devised in 525, but was not widely used until after 800.
Therefore, coins actually made during the B.C. era would not bear that date
marking.
12- B. No, the photo could be
authentic, but the signature is a fake.
Albert Einstein died April 18, 1855.
13- B. No- All WWI aircraft were made by the
French.
Orville and Wilbur Wright made their first controlled,
powered, and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903. However,
the Wrights' went through a patent war, which stifled their work on new
designs, and by 1911, Wright aircraft were considered inferior to those of
European makers. Indeed, aviation development in the U.S. was suppressed to
such an extent that when the U.S. entered World War I no acceptable
American-designed aircraft were available, and U.S. forces were compelled to
use French machines.
14- C. A museum that was once
called Musée Napoléon.
The Louvre—is one of the world's largest museums and
is located in Paris, France. The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an
exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and
confiscated church property. Because of structural problems with the building,
the museum was closed in 1796 until 1801. The size of the collection increased
under Napoleon and the museum was renamed the Musée Napoléon.
15- A. A type of porcelain
Limoges porcelain designates hard-paste porcelain produced by factories near the city of Limoges, France beginning in the late 18th century, but does not
refer to a particular manufacturer.
16- A. Woburn Abbey
The art collection of the Duke of Bedford, is amongst
the finest in private hands, and encompasses a wide range of western artwork.
The holdings, comprise some 250 paintings, including works by Rubens, Van Dyck,
Canaletto and Velasquez. Moreover, the collection encompasses a superlative
range of furniture, both French and English, porcelain and silverwork.
17- C. Parts
of two pieces put together to make one piece.
18- B. Landscapes
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was a French landscape
painter and printmaker in etching. He is an important figure in landscape
painting and his prolific yield simultaneously references the Neo-Classical
tradition and progresses toward the open air innovations of Impressionism.
19- B. A way to measure
precious metals.
The troy ounce (ozt) is a unit measure most commonly
used to gauge the weight and hence the price of precious metals. One troy ounce
is equivalent to 31.1034768 grams. There are 32.1507466 troy oz in 1 kg.
20- A. a small round table.
A guéridon is a small, often circular-top, table
supported by one or more columns, or sculptural human or mythological figures.
This kind of furniture originated in France towards the middle of the 17th
century.
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