Charlie Plesums
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Jenny and I are just back from a trip to Amsterdam - we had a great time.
I saw so much impressive furniture in the well-known Rijks Museum that I created a separate web page - If you like looking at awesomely fancy furniture that is centuries old, see www.plesums.com/travel/amsterdam/furniture Another woodworking friend saw the link on Facebook, which led to a discussion of what percent of the old furniture had the awesome inlays and marquetry. We never see "good" furniture in a museum that isn't over the top, so was that top a fraction of a percent of the total, with a lot of middle ground furniture that didn't make a museum, or was the middle quality furniture just a small part - leaving only pre-Ikea junk and this fancy museum quality?
If you want to see the entire travelogue, go to www.plesums.com/travel/amsterdam. It also includes a tour of a windmill driven sawmill.
I saw so much impressive furniture in the well-known Rijks Museum that I created a separate web page - If you like looking at awesomely fancy furniture that is centuries old, see www.plesums.com/travel/amsterdam/furniture Another woodworking friend saw the link on Facebook, which led to a discussion of what percent of the old furniture had the awesome inlays and marquetry. We never see "good" furniture in a museum that isn't over the top, so was that top a fraction of a percent of the total, with a lot of middle ground furniture that didn't make a museum, or was the middle quality furniture just a small part - leaving only pre-Ikea junk and this fancy museum quality?
If you want to see the entire travelogue, go to www.plesums.com/travel/amsterdam. It also includes a tour of a windmill driven sawmill.