Demand for antique painted furniture is ... In Europe, examples of painted furniture range from 18th and 19th-century “folk” or “peasant” chairs and cupboards, roughly hewn from pine ...

The Brookline-based couple were pioneer folk art collectors and ... the Littles were partial to painted furniture, including chests. Next door at Main Street Antiques the merchandise spills ...

Pennington would later go on expose the desk as "one of the best folk art ... professional art dealers. (Maine Antique Digest) Pennington reached out to an expert in furniture from that era. " ...