After a long cold day, what’s better than returning to the warmth and comfort of home? The luxury of central heating in our modern homes is one we easily take for granted. No matter the era, people in ...

THORNDIKE – Trimmed in shiny nickel for looks, faced with clear mica windows for viewing the fire, the Riverside coal stove is a beauty. It’s relatively efficient, too, with a “base burner” design ...

Appraisal: Salesman Sample Parlor Stove, ca. 1888, from Vintage New York. In Vintage New York, Noel Barrett appraises a Salesman Sample Parlor Stove, ca. 1888. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is ...

Plenty of old Maine homes and camps already host an old-fashioned woodstove — a no-frills potbelly, an ornate parlor stove, or a classic Franklin stove (named for the Founding Father who designed it).

Sometimes old things that were once shunned in the marketplace come back in fashion, as today’s parlor stove demonstrates. Sometimes the tide goes in the reverse direction, as with the antique bed, ...

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