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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 291267, member: 5066"]Well, a good finish is vital to furniture if it has any plans to hang around, particularly if centuries of time are involved. Sunlight for instance will degrade a finish in no time at all. After all, how many of us have mansions where rooms are not used and furniture stored in the dark untouched for hundreds of years? It happens but, it's very rare.</p><p>It PAINS me to say it but the brits tend to be a bit more sophisticated than americans when it comes to this sort of thing. They should be, they have furniture dating to the middle ages.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 291267, member: 5066"]Well, a good finish is vital to furniture if it has any plans to hang around, particularly if centuries of time are involved. Sunlight for instance will degrade a finish in no time at all. After all, how many of us have mansions where rooms are not used and furniture stored in the dark untouched for hundreds of years? It happens but, it's very rare. It PAINS me to say it but the brits tend to be a bit more sophisticated than americans when it comes to this sort of thing. They should be, they have furniture dating to the middle ages.[/QUOTE]
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