His wife is especially proud of their early American furniture.
Since then, the couple have pursued other areas of American furniture.
Two men, one with a fascination for American furniture of the period, have offered to buy the house.
They decorated their rooms simply, with pieces of early American furniture.
More costly, but often still affordable, is traditional American furniture.
Why have prices for American furniture skyrocketed in the 1980's?
"You can tell American furniture by its accent," he liked to say.
"A world record will come again in American furniture because great rarities do still surface," he said.
Early American furniture and a dark mahogany set of double doors.
Maybe one might say that it is more difficult to accommodate the easy chair form in American furniture.