Dear Helaine and Joe:
I have an old set of wrought-iron garden furniture (a magnet sticks to it, so it must be iron). The set consists of a four-footed heavy pedestal table and four chairs, all with a lot of cutout decorations that I think could be roses. I could find no bolts or screws holding it together. At an antiques show, an outdoor-furniture dealer told me that the Kennedy family had what they called the Rose Garden pattern because of the flowers on all their furniture. Do you think [...]
I have an old set of wrought-iron garden furniture (a magnet sticks to it, so it must be iron). The set consists of a four-footed heavy pedestal table and four chairs, all with a lot of cutout decorations that I think could be roses. I could find no bolts or screws holding it together. At an antiques show, an outdoor-furniture dealer told me that the Kennedy family had what they called the Rose Garden pattern because of the flowers on all their furniture. Do you think [...]