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Many of the items in Wrisinger’s collection came from her grandmother -- most notably, the Flow Blue china that adorns the walls of her dining room. The dining room also houses a wooden table and cabinet, both carved with intricate designs and both from early 20th- century Western Europe.
100-year-old wooden end table in her living room and a few pieces of Flow Blue china, which Wrisinger still collects to this day. Though many items have passed through the doors of her home and her store, some from her family and some from her own collec- tion, Wrisinger says that one of her favorite pieces can be found in her son’s home – a wooden pool table from 1884, the name and the year of production having been carved
the right look for certain rooms in one’s home or office. Speaking about her life before her busi- ness, Wrisinger smiles and chuckles. “I have lived with antiques most of my life,” she explains. “When all my girlfriends had matching bedroom furniture and ruffled bedspreads, I had a brass and iron bed with a washstand and bedside table, and a side- by-side secretary for my clothes. Lots of
handmade quilts and rag rugs, too.” Wrisinger began working in her family’s antique shop when she was just a teenager. “My parents had an antique shop in the 1960s and ‘70s,” she recalls. “I worked the shop after school and on weekends. We all loved going to auctions and estate sales on the weekends.” Wrisinger’s grandmother has supplied Wrisinger with some of the pieces she proudly displays in her home, including a
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