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By LISA G. CURRIE
Rappahannock Nawi Staff Writer
Cynthia “Cindy” Stamps is cleaning house.
Instead of throwing things away, she’s placing them with care on display in her new shop, Morning Glory Antiques, at the comer of Porter and Gay streets in Washington.
Inside the tiny two rooms of the ancient packing house are things from Mrs. Stamps’ own collection— things like her mother’s music box, a chair Jean Harlow sat in and a barrel back chair with pinned-striped upholstery.
Once a professional model, Mrs. Stamps began collecting antiques 30 years ago.
It all started with a cathedral chair—the same chair that sits just inside the doorway at the shop.
A casual look around the shop reveals silver, jewelry, linens, furniture, clocks, wallhangings, kitchenware, cabinets, flowers, lace—all the things you’d expect in a country antique shop.
The shop positively drips with items ranging in age from a century old to manufactured in the ’HOs.
“I love antiques,” said Mrs. Stamps, a tall woman with dark hair, and that love has become a vocation.
Her substantial home in Arlington was once filled with what’s now the shop inventory. Now the items occupy space in the shop, ready to greet visitors.
Last fall Mrs. Stamps and her husband noticed the building for
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