See it. Inspect it.Understand it.
Three tools, one complete system for evaluating vintage furniture. Each course is useful alone; together they cover the whole buying decision, from the listing photograph to the moment you pay.
Three tools. One complete system.
One buying decision, three steps: identify what it's made of, inspect it in person, and work out what a piece really is. Each guide stands alone; together they cover the whole decision.
- 01Step 1 · IdentifyThe Material Atlas
- 02Step 2 · InspectThe Field Kit
- 03Step 3 · InvestigateThe Mid-Century Detective
The Material Atlas
Read a finish, a face, an edge and an inside — in that order — and say what a piece is made of with a stated level of certainty.
The Field Kit
Run a repeatable inspection at the piece — what to check, photograph, measure and ask — and leave with evidence instead of a feeling.
The Mid-Century Detective
Connect construction, materials, proportion, wear and markings into an identification you can research — and a buying decision you can defend.