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<p>[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 9422189, member: 5170"]Hi Dan:</p><p><br /></p><p>You've got a nice 1920s-30s Jacobethan Revival dining room set. Some call it Depression-era furniture, or even just brown furniture. It's a nice, well made set that could easily last another 100 years with minimal care. </p><p>Sadly, the ongoing furniture depression means that this set has lost most of its monetary value. A whole generation of people has convinced themselves that they're into "experiences," not "things." That will change with age, but in the meantime hold on to your set if you have any use for it at all. Grand Rapids was once the most prolific furniture making city in the U.S. and much of it was very good quality indeed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 9422189, member: 5170"]Hi Dan: You've got a nice 1920s-30s Jacobethan Revival dining room set. Some call it Depression-era furniture, or even just brown furniture. It's a nice, well made set that could easily last another 100 years with minimal care. Sadly, the ongoing furniture depression means that this set has lost most of its monetary value. A whole generation of people has convinced themselves that they're into "experiences," not "things." That will change with age, but in the meantime hold on to your set if you have any use for it at all. Grand Rapids was once the most prolific furniture making city in the U.S. and much of it was very good quality indeed.[/QUOTE]
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