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Page 22 The Antique Shoppe November, 2019
GREATER ORLANDO COMMON SENSE

Kissimmee • Oviedo • Winter Park ANTIQUES
Longwood • Orlando
By Fred Taylor

KISSIMMEE WINTER PARK LONGWOOD
1. Lanier’s 5. Orange Tree Antique Mall 9. The Royal Court AMERICAN FURNITURE STYLES
2. Echoes of Yesterday 6. Gingers Antique Mall 10. Trianon Le' French Salon Social Networking

OVIEDO ORLANDO So far the 21st century seems to be the Age of Social Media. Standing in line at
3. The Coop 7. OAE Inc. the post office or in an airport you can hardly hear yourself think because of all the
4. Oviedo Antique Mall 8. Universal Magic Prop Shop Twittering going on. Then there is the texting and Facebooking not to mention the
ubiquitous smart phone glued like a wood block to the side of a head.
Is this a new thing? Of course not. It’s just the technology that’s new. Americans
have always been a social people, we have just changed our methods over the years.
GINGER'S And one of the ways we have networked has been our expressions of rebellion,
ANTIQUE protest or nostalgia in our favored furniture styles.
In the beginning it was easy. Most of us were either English or European and our
MALL furniture styles ranged from frontier survival to reproductions from across the pond
“Tin To Tiffany” Historic Downtown Marketplace in whatever country we called home, primarily England. But we were just a colony
108 Broadway and that was appropriate. But then we rebelled and started a new nation called the
2695 W. Fairbanks Ave. in the Old McCrory’s Building United States of America. But we were still too new and still tied to Europe too
Winter Park, FL 32789 Kissimmee, FL tightly to establish a new American style, so we adopted ancient Greek styles and
407-933-5679
(One block West of I-4 at Fairbanks) called it “Neoclassical.” Then to dress it up a little bit we embraced the styles of
Antiques & Collectibles English designers like George Hepplewhite and Thomas Sheraton and that of the
Orientals - Imari - Mud Men Antiques, Collectibles & Accessories Scottish architects, the Adam brothers. Nothing new or startling there, but at least it
Heisey - Cut Glass - Candelabras for the Home & Garden was a start.
Serving the Orlando area for Over 30 Years Family owned and operated for 20 years Then England started it all over again with the war of 1812. Andrew Jackson
Wed-Sat 11am-5pm or by appt. • Closed June-Oct. sorted out that mess in New Orleans, with the help of Frenchman Lafayette, and at
OPEN: Mon-Sat 10-5
407-740-8775 6 Laniersantiques.com 1 last we were free of the dreaded English. So what now?
Let’s have a protest and adopt the style of England’s greatest enemy Napoleon.
He had a great new look in his “Empire” style and it was anything but English.
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Echoes of Yesterday

A Mall for Antiques, Collectibles & Yesterday’s Items
Historic Downtown Area
5 109 Broadway, Kissimmee, FL 34741

6 (407) 847-2300

Mon-Sat 10-5 (Fri 10-4)
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Echoes of Yesterday Antique Mall
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7 Join The Coop For Our
HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA
TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5th • 4PM - 9PM
Come enjoy SNACKS & REFRESHMENTS while you shop!
We will be closed Monday, Nov. 4th. On Tuesday, Nov. 5th we will be closed
during the day to prepare for this event. Doors will open at 4PM.
EXTRAVAGANZA SALES WILL RUN THRU THE WEEKEND

97 Geneva Drive • Oviedo, FL 32765
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PH: 407-366-7705
OPEN 7 DAYS • MON-SAT 10AM-6PM & SUN 11AM-4PM
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