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down from generation to generation without the present owners even realizing that what they’re eating breakfast on is a valuable example of southern craftsmanship. “They think it’s just a table,” she commented. “I don’t go just to see the best furniture but anything made before 1820.
Three "other researchers are operating on the project in the Alexandria, Richmond and Peters - burg areas. The cataloging work was first funded by the Museum of Decorative Arts itself and won a Federal grant three years ago, said Neal. The project is expected to continue for at least three more years.
Neal said she works primarily through word of mouth leads. Mrs. Smith tells her that Mrs. Jones has some lovely old pieces so she goes to see Mrs. Jones, telling Mrs. Jones where she heard about
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