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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4521142, member: 2844"]I'm with the others, not very old, but very decorative.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is called Dutch Colonial.</p><p>Indonesia used to be a Dutch colony, and from the 17th century onward Dutch style furniture was made by Asian craftspeople. They used local woods to copy Dutch designs, and sometimes added local ornamentation and local combinations of different coloured woods.</p><p>In the early days the furniture makers were brought in from the Dutch colonies in India and Sri Lanka, later Javanese and other Indonesian craftspeople joined them.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is reproduction in the sense that it is not a modern style and recently made, but furniture manufacturers in Indonesia have been making Dutch Colonial furniture for about 400 yrs.</p><p><br /></p><p>As Jeff remarked, there has been an increased demand for Dutch Colonial since the late 20th century, so there is also an increased production. Because of that the quality of recent furniture varies, but it is often good.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4521142, member: 2844"]I'm with the others, not very old, but very decorative. It is called Dutch Colonial. Indonesia used to be a Dutch colony, and from the 17th century onward Dutch style furniture was made by Asian craftspeople. They used local woods to copy Dutch designs, and sometimes added local ornamentation and local combinations of different coloured woods. In the early days the furniture makers were brought in from the Dutch colonies in India and Sri Lanka, later Javanese and other Indonesian craftspeople joined them. This is reproduction in the sense that it is not a modern style and recently made, but furniture manufacturers in Indonesia have been making Dutch Colonial furniture for about 400 yrs. As Jeff remarked, there has been an increased demand for Dutch Colonial since the late 20th century, so there is also an increased production. Because of that the quality of recent furniture varies, but it is often good.[/QUOTE]
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