AN OLD PHILOSOPHER once asked: If your knees bent the other way, what would a chair look like? Well, maybe it wasnt an old philosopher. It might have just been some guy at the end of the bar whod had ...

AN OLD PHILOSOPHER once asked: “If your knees bent the other way, what would a chair look like?” Well, maybe it wasn’t an old philosopher. It might have just been some guy at the end of the bar who’d ...

I knew that when my mom’s home burned when she was in first grade, my grandpa saved their Morris chair and a drawer of the library table where he kept important papers. So my question was, “What the ...

Few Trash or Treasure appraisal attendees have provided as much background information during their appraisal as Helen Jane Peters. “My Grandmother, Della Arnew Hendry (1874 – 1968) purchased this ...

I had heard of a Morris chair because it was all that was saved when my mom’s home burned when she was a child. Grandpa Meyers saved the Morris chair because it was in his way as he went after a ...

Please give me your opinion about my Morris chair that has carved lion-head arms and feet. It has been in the family for years. I have been told that it dates from the 1860s or ’70s. Thanks for any ...

Family stories preserve history. They tell us something about who we are and where we came from. They also tell of the importance of objects. However, family stories can become muddled and confused ...