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Title: new here. can you identify this desk?
Post by: our5sons on July 08, 2013, 11:37:39 AM
We picked up this piece of widdicomb furniture at an estate sale yesterday. Can anyone guess on the actual age and value? Based on the logo inside a drawer, we are guessing it to be before 1930. Any ideas? 
Title: Re: new here. can you identify this desk?
Post by: ghopper1924 on July 08, 2013, 11:49:56 AM
Need more photos.

This type of furniture wad common in the 1940s and 50s.
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Post by: our5sons on July 08, 2013, 11:59:50 AM
Here is another photo
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Post by: our5sons on July 08, 2013, 12:01:49 PM
Here is the logo inside the drawer. From what we read, they used this swirlyogo between 1900 and 1930. But who knows.
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Post by: our5sons on July 08, 2013, 12:02:33 PM
Ugh..swirly logo. Sorry about the typos.
Title: Re: new here. can you identify this desk?
Post by: ghopper1924 on July 08, 2013, 12:20:40 PM
Yep, a little research indicates that they quit using that logo in 1938. After that they stopped making revival styles.
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Post by: our5sons on July 08, 2013, 12:31:58 PM
Now to figure out the value of it...not that it really matters.  I know it is more than the $25 we paid for it though.  Lol
Title: Re: new here. can you identify this desk?
Post by: frogpatch on July 08, 2013, 12:33:51 PM
What I read indicates they still made revival in the early 1940s but all the pieces were give a paper label bearing the name of John Widdecomb as the designer. This supports what Ghopper is saying. The pieces are considered high quality furniture. That was a good find. 25.00 was a steal.
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Post by: ghopper1924 on July 08, 2013, 12:38:55 PM
The desk should bring $150-$200.
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Post by: frogpatch on July 08, 2013, 01:35:26 PM
Sounds about right to me. If it were new it would be five times that and not made as well. That has always been a pet peeve of mine.
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Post by: mart on July 08, 2013, 01:59:36 PM
About right price !!  Here would be upper end of that amount !!
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Post by: bigwull on July 08, 2013, 06:42:09 PM
just don,t bring it to this sided of the pond....cos if you did...you might not get back your original investment...
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Post by: jacon4 on July 09, 2013, 02:15:47 AM
Actually, it's a queen anne style dressing table, usually referred to here as a lowboy.