Yassine

Yassine runs The Patina Journal, carrying forward the eye of his father, Houssine, who spent forty years in the antiques trade in Casablanca. Read the story.

Joined: 15 September 2026
Articles: 75

Object Studies

Victorian Sofas, Settees and Fainting Couches: Names, Forms and How to Tell Them Apart

Red satin sofa with a deeply buttoned back and seat, a carved wooden crest with a central oval medallion and small finials, and short turned legs, on a patterned carpet

Settee, sofa, couch, chaise: what the Victorians called each seating form, how they were built and upholstered, and how to recognize an original.

Yassine
2 October 2026

Stories

Victorian Furniture: A Guide to Its Styles, Woods and Forms

Rosewood sofa with a pierced, carved crest of flowers and scrolls along the back, red damask upholstery and curved legs, on a gray ground

What defines Victorian furniture, from Gothic Revival to Eastlake: the styles, woods and forms of the period and how to recognize them, with museum examples.

Yassine
2 October 2026

Object Studies

Ormolu and Gilt Bronze: The Gold on French Furniture, Explained

Mantel clock with a white enamel dial between two winged sphinxes in gilt bronze, on a white marble base with a gilt-bronze frieze of medallions, against a grey ground

What ormolu is, how gilt bronze mounts were made and used on French furniture, and how to recognize them, with examples from museum collections.

Yassine
2 October 2026

Guides

French Provincial Furniture: What the Name Means, and What It Doesn’t

Black-and-white photograph of a long carved walnut daybed with cabriole legs, a carved scalloped apron and a high upholstered back topped by a pierced shell cresting

French Provincial furniture explained: the regional furniture of eighteenth-century France, the later American factory style that shares its name, and how to tell them apart.