This stunningly accurate, well-calibrated hourglass allows the passage of time to be recorded in the time-honored ‘Olde Way’ of our ancestral past. Its beautiful Cherry finish, thickly lacquered and grained, offers a brilliant color combination with the blonder sand behind. 12 inches high, it is of a scale not too obtrusive, yet still substantial enough to appreciate not only for its practical applications but also for its superb craftsmanship. This 60 minute sand timer is instructive in its interesting historical aspect as a chronometer as well as being useful for games and for such things as the timing of family functions.
For desktop or for living room beauty and style, this very elegant relic is a superb example of historical place and time and a valuable keepsake to pass along to future generations. Its playfulness competes with its overall effect as a near object of art. This is something very lovely.
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Every little girl (or the little girl in everyone, is that better?) can appreciate this gorgeous small music box that doubles as the best jewelry case ever. When opened, the tune “My Old Kentucky Home” starts up, lending the historical 19th Century charm of Stephen Foster’s most famous song and the tune sung collectively before every Kentucky Derby over the past 115 years. The twirling horse rotates in a ballerina style at the top and the 4 secret compartments add an aura of mystery and secrecy to the entire gorgeous little piece.
Lovely detailed lithographs adorn the outside providing horse scenes and gorgeously green grass background with the horses and other animals romping happily. Fiberboard cinstruction, durable and intimate, it can be a little girl’s total delight in a beautiful package. This item is excellent for tiny treasures, from earrings to bracelets, charms and more. Everything will be totally safe and comfortable inside.
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This Mission style magazine rack is composed of solid rubberwood. It is extremely well put together and durable and makes a great addition to any home for its functionality as a magazine and newspaper container. It’s perfect for anybody who appreciates no-frills, straight lined, attractive furniture. Nicely-finished and clean-lined, this small magazine rack goes with many furniture styles, to say nothing of the fitting like a glove with furnishings featuring blond woods such as this.
Simple and sturdy, this magazine rack fulfills function and form in a great way and handles a very substantial amount of items easily.
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There is no end of possible uses for these gorgeously woven, willow baskets, from dirty clothes to more constructive utilities. Craftspersons can find a clean area to drop in the waiting quilting materials or say, items to be sewn or already completed. As catchalls for all items waiting to be sorted later, once again these deep and wide baskets can hold an impressive number of items in security and in a protected space.
Light yet strong and very durable, they can fulfill any number of household or even picnicking tasks with ease. The natural finish of woven willow once again fulfills its promise, dating its technology with weaving willow from ancient times and running it’s incredibly useful lifespan over the centuries. As a green technology, few things can compare with willow as a building material for items such as this. Useful, pretty to look at, lightweight and strong, this is a household item well worth the investment. For all the household tasks we meet up with, there are very few items quite as useful.
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Now here are some scales with a difference! Calling these “High Tech” could well be an understatement because this baby does far more then just register the weight of the person standing on it. Made of a high impact tempered glass platform, the working level of these scales is quite impressive. They accurately weigh in 1/4 pound or 0.01 kg increments using high precision strain gauge sensors to reflect the weight involved down to decimals. Easy to read and brightly lit, the digital display has three actual settings: male, female or athlete.
What is most remarkable is that it contains functions able to determine the overall fitness level of the user. It also stores information for up to ten users, I hasten to add, making it extremely group- or family-friendly. The scale measures percentages of body fat and body water for the user, giving a remarkably pure view of the major components involved in physical fitness. This is truly an interesting if not fascinating piece of technology, geared for those who want to take on a program leading to a proper level of physical fitness.
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This understated but very elegant Canopy Bed Collection by Hillsdale gives a wonderfully enclosed ambiance to a bedroom suite. It has this authentic antique look accentuated by the roped wire detail captured by weathered gold decorative castings. Simplicity itself, yet still marvelously elegant, the utter simplicity of the actual metal workings combine with the overall effect of enclosed intimacy to provide a lush and full sleeping environment, reminiscent of the antique European styles of earlier centuries.
This Hillsdale Canopy Series is available in twin, full, queen and king sizes and all require a box springs for adequate mattress support. The textured black finish with its Gold castings come in the optional 7 piece bedroom set offered by Hillsdale. As well, the options include the inclusion of Serta Mattress and box springs, shipped directly from ‘bedroom furniture’, and may arrive on delivery on an earlier or later date than the bedroom furniture. The Camelot Canopy Bedroom Collection comes from Hillsdale House, home of some of the finest and most elegant furnishings available anywhere.
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Bring the 19th Century to life with this indoor-outdoor double-sided clock. It’s absolutely rustic, antiqued appearance gives an incredible authenticity to what is in reality a modern appliance, durable, waterproof and exceptionally reliable. It can be mounted on a wall, as is, or hung from those gorgeous wrought iron braces shown in this display. Those brackets and the swinging nature of its swiveling posture gives the entire piece a sort of timeless, small-town look.
With “Victoria” lettered across the face of the clock, we sense the period at the bare beginnings of modern technology and the mind is given some free rein to explore history and a great sense of place. Being two-sided makes it the complete model of 19th Century pride and efficiency. The clock is a good sized 12″ x 12.5″ x 3″ wide, offering a substantial although non-intrusive element of charm and periodicity.
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This muted and elegantly quilted piece is the Tea Dyed Star Dance Handmade Cotton Quilt. Red and green star patterns are inlaid delicately in a rich pattern onto a light gold background, offering a subtle yet outstanding earth toned quilt fully able to warm the heart as well as the toes of the lucky owners. An understated elegance surprises the senses with the teeming variety of stitchings and star inlays, laid in a pronounced complexity. 100% cotton batting inside the quilted sections mean a toasty feel as well as the toasty colors.
This hand quilted spread is 110″ by 97″ – a large and very accommodating size with splendid and consistent detail. A perfect house-warming or wedding present, to say nothing of the possibilities for Christmas, a quilt always seems like such a marvelously timely and permanent gift. This would grace any home with style and a sense of warmth that makes a heart proud and happy.
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