I have this old dresser set sitting around and was just curious if anyone knows the style and age frame for it. I can't find any helpful markings on it.
Thank you.
This looks like a nice set of furniture you have sitting around your home. It is a shame you can't find any marking on the dresser to help out. Normally they are located on the back or even under the dresser. It is helpful when you know who made it. In cases like this unless a person knows the exact manufacture it makes it so hard to help out. I would suggest finding a furniture dealer or antique dealer in your area to ask them for help. I also know that you can post images of pieces of antique furnitue online to get information about them. In some cases the site charges and in a few cases it is free.
There are markings in one of your photos, but it is much too dark to read. Can you tell me what it says, please?
At first blush it looks like a French piece, maybe 1800s to 1940s. I was going to say Chippendale style but the legs are not right for that. Also the castors are not right for the style and may have been added on later. The casters may even be older than the piece--just from the look of them.
The drawers look much too clean and un-aged, which is why I suggest to get the best feed back on what you have it may be better served having a trusted antique dealer come and look at them and identify based on what they see (and I can't). You do show some of the connects and nails, which do look old, but other things don't line up.
Please post back what you learn!! They are lovely pieces and I hope you can learn more of their history and their value if that is why you are asking!
Thanks for the great additional photos!!
I looked it all over the best I could and I think you have what is called a Sheraton Style Chest of Drawers. Note this is a style not a brand.
Based on the screws it is most likely late 19th century or early into the 20th century--unless it is a marriage piece--which means someone took some old dressers and married it to newer pieces. This happens all the time in furniture and unless you know the exact history it is often hard to tell if you have an original or a marriage piece.
The stencil numbers tell me it was manufactured (vs. hand made) and all of those numbers are part of the furniture line that it belonged to. If I could narrow it down to a brand, I may be able to figure out more, but I was not able to narrow it to a brand. I thought it might be a Kling piece but that didn't pan out. Then maybe an early Ethan Allen, again, that was a dead end.
One of the challenges in IDing furniture is that there were so many makers that made furniture for stores....so made by X to sell at Y store. Then the piece they made to sell at Z store was just a tad different.
If you are asking to try to sell the pieces, my best recommendation is to have a reputable antique dealer who specializes in furniture come out and look at it and give you a value for selling in your town.
Furniture sales are very regional and supply and demand based so you may have a piece that would fetch thousands in one city, that in another town, may barely fetch 100 dollars. That is just how it works in the furniture resale world.
Thanks so much for sharing your lovely piece!! If you do get an expert in, I would love to hear more.
38 MAH is on the back of the piece. Whats this mean?
Mahogany and the number is either the catalog/stock number or the shade for the paint, if any. In this case, it looks like it is the catalog/stock number.
I think it's the top of an antique kitchen dresser as it has plate rails on the shelves, but it could be a library unit. Originally there was no back - that has been filled in with plywood. There is no base, so it has been set on something else. It is 4.5' wide, 5' tall, and 1' deep. It is a mix of oak and fir. It's the flat knobs on the glass door frame tops that I can't figure out. Has anyone seen anything like this? I am hoping to find out its age.
Thanks so much!
Think we have mostly solved the puzzle- looked at a million, online, arts and crafts images and finally saw some similar circular trims very close to that of door top trim. Then I did the same with butlers pantries- and see same size of cabinets w the huge glass doors sitting directly on lower cabinets. I`m going with the butlers pantry as its seems to fit everything, and besides, it totally appeals to my love of big old houses.
We have this antique barrel chair that we are trying to find out about. It is very solid and heavy. We found that the seat cushion is removable and under it is a label that has the name "Paul Doumer" and "Paris" along with some other information.
We appreciate any information and value of the chair that you can provide.
Hello. I am looking to identify a possible antique vanity. It has what looks like hand tooled dovetails. It needs work as the drawers are banged up but it is still quite pretty.
Thanks!
It is lovely and looks quite old and well made. Unforutntely you may never be able to ID the maker if there are no marks.
You could (and I have done this) try searching newspapers from 1900-1940 from your state and see if there is a furniture ad where the piece matches yours. For this I would search Victorian vanity or if the mirror is tri fold (hard to tell from the photo), Victorian vanity with tri fold mirror.
Newspaper.com is a great way to do this, but it is a paid subscription. I have found many pieces in my studies from ads so if you have the time to do that, I would suggest trying it.
Or, if you have a reputable antique dealer in your town, see if they know the maker.
It looks like the white is not the original color so I would focus more on matching the gingerbread trim with a brown piece than try find it in white (but that is my opinion and I cannot see the entire piece).
If you can't ID it, and you re asking to price, a dealer can tell you what they go for in your town and if it is worth doing the work to refinish it or if it should be sold as is.
I used to refinish furniture and in many cases if you are not a professional (I was not) you would lower the value when doing the work. Learned that the hard way! Of course, I did refinish mostly for myself...so that was fine.
Post back what you learn! Great piece! Thanks for sharing!
Your vanity looks like it is on the slight edge of the Art Deco area to me. I had a similar one in 1960 and it was made in 1945 and the large round or oblong mirrors were the 'in thing' so yours may have been made about that time (end of the Art Deco period).
It looks like if may be all wood where many of the vanities were veneer so you may be able to redo yours into a really cool piece.
I happen to see this and thought it was neat.
There are so many possibilities.
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You really need to show a picture of the full dresser - full front view - even if it is not in the best shape as that is how these pieces are identified.
Sometimes you can post good pictures and description on forums and the members will respond with good information. You do have to join each site before posting. Reddit is good but you have to find the right group to post it to. The administrators will help you.
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