Delicate Details
Apr 27, 2022
3 minutes
BY ROBERTA MESSNER, HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
ILLUSTRATION BY DONNA GRETHEN
hoppers at the antiques show in Columbus, Ohio, milled around, but I stood still, mouth agape. Was I seeing things? It seemed impossible, but there it was. A genuine 1920s era Berkey & Gay bedroom suite was being unloaded from a truck by a couple about my age. For me this was like discovering a treasure, one I’d been looking for since junior high school. The furniture was deep green, with hand-painted twining pink roses.
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