French Antique Store Goes Live

March 3, 2010 - PRLog -- AZ French Antiques launched an online store where you can buy French antiques from sellers around the world. There new store offers antique categories such as french antique furniture, antique decorative arts including paintings, lamps and clocks and a french antique category for silver. The antique silver category offers some really good buys on antique silver casters, trays, silverware and more. You can find AZ French Antiques at http://www.AZFrenchAntiques.com

Finding a deal on good antiques is really hard if you don't know what to look for. For example, french antique furniture would not be classified as a true antique unless it is 100 years old. There are some really nice looking antique furniture that can be bought that is about 60 or 70 years old but these would be classified as vintage furniture and not antique. If you are just going for the french style then for you the age may not matter. On the other hand, pay close attention to the age.

Even though in the UK, French Antique buyers are 3 to 1 to those in the U.S. because of the older style homes. Buyers in the U.S. are turning the living areas in their new modern homes into luxurious 18 and 19th century french living. French art created during the 19th century has been instrumental in the development of Western art today. During this time period, artist started to turn away from painting abstracts and landscape and focused on using real people in the masterpieces.

Some of the most sought after french art work was made following political regimes of: Napoleon Bonaparte's Consulate (1799-1804) and Empire (1804-1814), the Restoration under Louis XVIII and Charles X (1814-1830), the July Monarchy under Louis Philippe d'Orléans (1830-1848), the Second Republic (1848-1852), the Second Empire under Napoleon III (1852-1871), and the first decades of the Third Republic (1871-1940). For these time periods you can find exceptional paintings, wood work and clocks that could totally change the atmosphere of any room.

AZ French Antiques online store captures the essence of old France by offering it's customers the opportunity to by historic antique pieces at a lower than normal price from sellers around the world. If you love French style antiques then visiting AZ French Antiques at http://www.AZFrenchAntiques.com would be worth it to you.