Old House Journal Online

Old-House Journal's Traditional Products is an online compendium featuring hundreds of four-color photos showing hard-to-find period products.

Bella Handiwork Like arbors and pergolas, trellises have a long history of gracing European gardens, with iron trellises first appearing in the 1600s and remaining popular for centuries more. Handmade of heavy-gauge iron, the $150 Italian Iron Trellis from the Winterthur Home collection was inspired by the ornate iron trellises on the grounds of Henry du Pont's renowned Delaware estate. more info...				Keep Cool with a Fan de Siecle In the 1930s, the sleek lines of Streamline styling were all the rage, and one of the style’s biggest exponents was the Austrian designer Paul Frankl. more info... Seating with a Twist Even the 19th century had its paper pushers, and the more successful British bureaucrats sat on unupholstered wooden desk chairs much like this one. more info...
Pipe Dreams Bathroom showers first began gaining widespread acceptance in the 1890s, when ironworks giant J.L. Mott featured these "plumbing appliances" in its catalogs. more info...				Diamonds in the Buff These ceramic floor tiles replicate a Victorian pattern of white octagons punctuated with colored diamonds, in this case buff. more info... Tiptoe through the Tulips The rose and tulip design of the Donnemara carpet appeared in a 1903 catalog for Liberty's of London and is attributed to Charles Voysey, a prominent British architect of the Arts & Crafts movement. more info...