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Title: OLD DRESSER ?
Post by: konniem56 on May 05, 2015, 10:03:13 AM

I was wondering if anyone could tell me any information as to how old this dresser would be or who made it

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Post by: jacon4 on May 05, 2015, 10:19:41 AM

Eastlake, about 1890 because of the dovetails on drawer.

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Post by: fancypants on May 05, 2015, 10:22:54 AM

Yup , I'm with jacon4 on this one .... such joinery (drawer) was common during the (mid-ish) 1870's at the earliest & 'mostly' wasn't done after the 1880's .

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Post by: jacon4 on May 05, 2015, 10:29:57 AM

It's called a Knapp joint because he (knapp) built a machine to do this, it was only used in America & Canada from about 1870, by 1900 this joint was gone from  American furniture because they had machines to make a regular type pin and tail dovetail. So only about 30 years of production on this joint. There might be walnut under that paint! and if so, be worth it to strip off that paint.

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Post by: mart on May 05, 2015, 11:53:43 AM

Thumbs up on that !!

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Post by: konniem56 on May 05, 2015, 04:24:36 PM

Thank you everyone . So what would be a fair price to get out of it ,,I have a lady interested

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Post by: mart on May 05, 2015, 07:00:14 PM

Could not see the entire dresser with all the things on top !!  Price would depend on overall condition !!  They do not sell for a lot of money and the paint does not help matters any !! I would say if you could get $175. to $200. that would be an excellent price !!  And that is a generous estimate !!

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Post by: konniem56 on May 05, 2015, 08:00:45 PM

thank  you for your responses everyone 

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Post by: brucedixon01 on May 06, 2015, 12:11:44 AM

Do you want to restore it or not? because this drawer is more beautiful if you going to restore it :)

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Post by: konniem56 on May 06, 2015, 08:47:05 AM

well we are just going to sell it as is but the person who is interested in it might restore it   thanks for all your replies

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Post by: frogpatch on May 07, 2015, 06:13:33 AM

Where I live, (NJ) some people love the old white painted look. The down side is that it would not sell for more than 100.00 here. If you removed the paint, which you said you are not, it may have strips of burl veneer and you have the original hardware. It is a lot of work and may get you an extra 50 to 75.00. The risk is that it may have ink stains, cigarette burns or some other hard to eliminate issues, which is a big headache. I would buy it as is and leave it as is. Jacon4 is spot on with the date and the type of joint.

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Post by: konniem56 on May 07, 2015, 10:35:17 AM

thanks 

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Post by: jacon4 on May 07, 2015, 06:48:45 PM

Where I live, (NJ) some people love the old white painted look.

Yeah, this guy is a survivor and, if it took some paint to keep it in the house thats a good thing. Once a piece of old furniture gets put in basement, garage, barn, etc, it's chances of survival are greatly reduced. Besides, it may be later eastlake & hotel/cottage furniture with oak under paint and not walnut, either way  not alot of value.

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Post by: mart on May 07, 2015, 07:38:54 PM

Much of the Eastlake style was oak !!  Thats what we normally find around here !! I would restore it if it was mine !!  I would like to find one similar made of oak !!

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Post by: konniem56 on May 15, 2015, 03:09:07 PM

I am adding some more pictures of this item and color underneath