April, 192 3 
DANERSK MARLBORO DINING ROOM SET 
Danersk Furniture 
The importance of beauty of wood and finish 
in 18th Century furniture 
with the same methods as long ago, by our 
Scotch and English finishers, so that the 
full beauty of the wood is visible. The 
table standards are carved in the delicate 
leaf design characteristic of the days of 
Duncan Phyfe. The drawer pulls and claw 
feet were made in England from old 
models of the period, and toned with the 
patina that as yet has not been achieved by 
American makers of hardware. 
As in designing this group we studied 
originals in the Metropolitan Museum and 
private collections, so in the making of 
our Early American Groups for Bedrooms 
and Living Room, we have given care to 
the subtle details of design and finish that 
make a piece of furniture really choice. 
The only places where you can see 
Danersk Furniture in its entirety are our 
salesrooms in New York, Chicago and Los 
Angeles. Danersk Furniture must be seen 
to be understood. Decorators and their 
clients are always welcome. 
T IE ancients discovered that no two 
thumb-prints are alike, and long ago 
English cabinet-makers discovered 
that the grain in no two logs of wood is 
alike. 
Much of the beauty of English Furniture 
of the 18th Century was due to the methods 
of selecting the wood. In those days the 
cabinet-maker purchased a specific log 
which was sawed to his ordering. Thus 
all the wood in one group of furniture 
came from one log. Today the wood we 
buy is graded from hundreds of different 
logs, each with different grain or figure. 
Common commercial practice is to conceal 
this disparity of grain by dark, muddy 
fillers that hide the beauty of the wood as 
well. 
In Danersk Furniture we have devised 
a method of returning to the original ideals 
of the 18th Century. All the wood showing 
in the classic Marlboro Group comes from 
one log. It is finished in our own factory 
ERSKINE - DANFORTH CORPORATION 
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