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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: kayaklady on December 29, 2013, 10:37:57 PM
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I found this in my parents' basement and I don't know much about it. I want to sell it, but I don't even know where to start looking for information. I haven't found any similar items online so I'm not sure how to classify it or price it.
I can tell from the glass that it is a very old piece of furniture. It has two shelves inside, and it's in very good condition except for a missing handle and needs to be cleaned up a bit.
Any info helps! Thanks in advance.
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Nice piece. ;D ;D
Looks like a Plantation (bookcase) desk to me.
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I half agree with Cogar....but...i don,t agree with the desk part...as there is not enough "desk area"in front of the doors,unless the drawer opens to reveal an inner desk top....
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That is what it looks like !! May have a pull out writing surface but pic is sideways and so dark can`t see much detail !!
Can you straighten and lighten it a bit !!
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pic is riht way up if you open it,....but even as it is you can see ....that there is,nt enough writing space in front of the doors,with the drawer closed....age wise i,d say late 19th century to early 20th,...value...£250+
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Just for mart and her 'high tech' system :D
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Bless you Sapphire !! Mine does not straighten up no matter what I do !!
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Seeing shots of the construction and hardware should be helpful with dating. Am I seeing brass wheels?
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I would also like to know how the shelving unit is attached. If you take out the drawer, can you see upwards, under the shelves? If not, can you reach in and feel for screws/nails.
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If that is an original drawer pull this would be after 1900,, !! More likely late 30`s or early 40`s !! Can we see inside the drawer and the dovetails on the sides of them ??
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I would also like to know how the shelving unit is attached. If you take out the drawer, can you see upwards, under the shelves? If not, can you reach in and feel for screws/nails.
Oh, God, another touchy feely merchant...Mart...y ou are not alone....as for seeing upwards when the drawers out...maybe if they,ve got a trained snake...unless there,s no arse to the drawer housing....
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Wull,
I don't mean to argue, but sometimes the makers didn't include a bottom piece of wood, using the bottom of the drawer itself as the bottom. A snake would be okay, but hard to train. That's why I asked them to feel inside.
PS--I asked only for my own education.;)
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..as there is not enough "desk area"in front of the doors
Plantation (bookcase) desks were not made with a lot of space for writing on , to wit:
(http://www.cowanauctions.com/itemImages/81794.jpg)
http://www.cowanauctions.com/auctions/past-item.aspx?ItemId=81794 (http://www.cowanauctions.com/auctions/past-item.aspx?ItemId=81794)
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I would also like to know how the shelving unit is attached. If you take out the drawer, can you see upwards, under the shelves? If not, can you reach in and feel for screws/nails.
Plantation desks are made in two pieces with the bookcase attached to the top of the desk with a couple screws.
kayacklady's desk has moulding around the base of the bookcase section and if there are no screws down thru it ..... then they are up thru the desk top on either side.
Just my guess of course.
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they did,nt have a lot of space for writing..Mmm....you can,t get much smaller than whats on offer here...that "desk area"..is no more than 4in....which makes the whole thing pointless,....if the drawer is,nt part of the writing surface,..then i,d say these two were,nt born together....
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Many of the "plantation desks" were simply stepback cupboards rather than actual desks !!
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a bit of misnomer then...
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they did,nt have a lot of space for writing..Mmm....
Now iffen you owned a plantation house that was situated on your plantation somewhere in the southeastern US pre-1900 then you had lots of space in that mansion where you could do your writing ...... and your plantation desk was not one of them.
And in your plantation house you probably had a plantation desk that looked something like this one.
Description: A refined early American, Southern, solid cherry Plantation desk, finely made with a molded crown, over the two double door cabinets, each fitted with scrolled edge pigeon holes, the desk wide and deep with a single drawer with hand cut dovetail joinery and turned button pulls, all sitting on turned legs with arrow feet. A handsome piece, made with finely grained cherry and yellow pine secondary woods.
Condition: Good-very good for its age, with character wear.
Size: 72 1/2" tall x 48" wide x 31 1/2" deep $863.00
http://old.ebth.com/cgi-bin/mnlist.cgi?ebth193/category/FURNITURE
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No Plantations over here..therefore...n o need to call it a plantation desk,
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Its a southern thing Wullie !! And it sounded more glamorous than cupboard or simply bookcase !!
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Its a southern thing Wullie !! And it sounded more glamorous than cupboard or simply bookcase !!
LOL!!....just like yer Corn Bread....which by the way...i thoroughly enjoy..... ;D...only 6.1/2 hours to go......
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Till what ??? Party time ???
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Till what ??? Party time ???
Thepartystartedtwohoursago....can,t youtell...hic,hic....cos efter a its Hogmany..... ;D
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Your hair will hurt in the morning !!! :D
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Head, Mart....i,don,t have hair there eh,ve got it comin oot o, ma lugs, ma,nose ma a***...and ma..*******...but very little where its needed most...now whaur did a pit ma tammy.... ;D
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;D