What the manager of an antiques-restoration shop specializing in post-Renaissance-era pieces tells a trainee while surveying a recently-delivered assortment of vintage art and furniture.
To ensure that we don't become overwhelmed with antiques that need TLC, I always tell my repairmen to just stick to pieces dating from the early 1600's through the mid-1700's --- "If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it, boys --- we'll send all the items from other periods elsewhere for refurbishing."
by QuacksO November 23, 2018