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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: Scamp1137 on September 16, 2012, 05:06:19 PM
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Can anybody can give me some info on this? How old is it? And who the maker is?
Thanks, Brad
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Welcome to the forum Scamp!
Have you had a chance to look the cabinet all over.......outside and in/underneath/on top? Do you happen to know the history of it.......who/where it came from? (Just asking so that those that are more knowledgeable in furniture will have a bit more to go on).
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I hate to sound like a Broken Record....but it would help some of us if we knew where you came from...almost everyone assumes that we are all on your side of the pond...which can be a little annoying when some of us are on the ..."other side"...and we then have to guess...as to where this or that item comes from...i just don,t understand why its such a big secret...
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can you get a good square shot of those dovetails ?? Pics of the legs, hinges and back would also help date !! If the name is not written on it, chances are you will never know who made it !! Its a pretty common style and many made variations of it !! Looks very typical of late 20`s or 30`s styles !! However could be earlier if you are on bigwulls side of the pond !! And thats what that construction looks like !! Or could have been brought and sold here back when they imported so much from the UK !!
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The handles just don't seem to match the style (they appear Asian) with the Venetian urns. Agree with the early 1900's time period.
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Isn't that also in the last photo a Greek key design on the handle??
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These handles on the drawer and the door..are out of place...there aluminium...and i agree with Wendy..they have a Greek look to them....the cabinet itself looks like its veneered with a burr wood...it does look European...but perhaps...i,m thinking along those lines..because of the German ornaments, which are either Goebels or Hummels.... and the bier Steins...
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1930s, walnut, Deco with neoclassical ornament.
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The handles just don't seem to match the style (they appear Asian) with the Venetian urns. Agree with the early 1900's time period.
I'm guessing that some past owner decided to update the cabinet...and drilled a couple extra holes to put "fancy" hardware on it. I'm sure that it would have had single-hole, probably tear-drop pulls originally.
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yes !! Pulls are rather obvious as an update attempt !!
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Yep ya'll....now that I enlarge the handles they are Greek! I guess the Asian dolls in the cabinet influenced me on this one! I know better than that!
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Yep ya'll....now that I enlarge the handles they are Greek! I guess the Asian dolls in the cabinet influenced me on this one! I know better than that!
What Asian dolls...there,s 1.1/2 oriental dolls on the left.and 4 European child ornaments on the top shelf ,....and anyway...Greece is in Europe....not Asia.... ;D
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This has been in my wifes family her whole life. Someone thinks it came from Pennsyvannia (we live in Ohio,USA). Yes the hardware appears to have been replaced. The contents have been added over the years and have no relation with the cabinet. I will post pics as soon as I can. Thanks for any info.
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Here are more pics
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and more pics...
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Well this piece may have passed through Pennsylvania at some point but I don`t think it was made there !! And I can only give my opinion on this,,,I think it was made in either the UK or France and was likely shipped here back in the 70`s or 80 `s when anything antique was selling like mad and was brought in by shiploads !! Here is my reasoning,,, this style was popular here in 20`s and 30`s but the construction on yours says its earlier !! Styles were later reaching the US than those above !! Neoclassical ornamentation was not common here at the same time this style cabinet was,,, same goes for the block foot !! And yours looks to have been gilded at one time and it has long since faded and cracked !! Either that or it was painted !! Again,, timeline is wrong for this style cabinet !!
Gotta rest my wrist a while !!
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Good point Mart. It may indeed be Euro made. The dovetails, for one, do not look to have that 1930s machine made construction that was ubiquitious in the U.S. by then.
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I used to buy from a company that did dip stripping late 70`s and 80`s !! You would be surprised what was bought there for a few dollars and sold here for much more !! I made some good buys when I had my shop !! Much just needed a little tightening up or small repairs !! There is still a lot of it around here !! They literally flooded the market here !! And if you put the word "antique" on anything it would sell quick !!