An antique is an old object such as a piece of china or furniture which is valuable because of its beauty or rarity. a genuine antique. antique silver jewellery. antique furniture, jewellery etc is old and often valuable (antiquus, from ante )
In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases
any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity give an antique appearance to; "antique furniture"