What type of Mersman table is this and what is the wood type?
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It looks like brown mahogany. It could be an end table.
We always called these parlor tables as my grandmother and her friends all kept them in their parlors.
I see them listed as such on eBay and other sites also. Do people even have parlors today and if so, what do they call them? Sorry...I digress!
This is not a match to yours...so please do NOT use it for value...just for seeing what is called parlor:
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If it has not been stained (refinished), I am assuming it is a mahogany wood...as it appears to be a mahogany finish--but it could have been stained and be another wood...I can't always tell.
It is quite lovely! Because I haven't seen one like this, I am hesitate to give it an age or a value...it is a little more Victorian in style...so it could be from the 30s or 40s...it doesn't have the sleek mid century modern lines of their furniture from the 50s or 60s.
The legs are spool like...but not traditional spools...I am more familiar with the ones with the slender Duncan Phyfe style legs which were made in the 50s or 60s.
Mersman's are not rare, they made millions of pieces in their long storied history...this is just a neat one and not one I have seen in my area...which does not necessarily make it rare....just different to me.
If you are looking to value it, you may want to take it to a dealer to get a good value (ask about insuring it, not selling so you can get a true value).
Selling these pieces can be a challenge because there were many made and people today seem to like smaller, lighter weight, lighter color furniture. That said, in my area, however, they are still popular with people who want to furnish their homes with more period pieces.
Thanks for sharing it!!
I have not seen this particular table during any research but Mersman made over 30 million pieces of furniture during their production time and the majority of their pieces were tables of one sort or other.
Here is a link to some Mersman company history:
The wood or the stain on the wood looks like mahogany. As for the type of table, when they were first sold so many people bought these to sit in their living rooms or even parlor rooms. Therefore, the name parlor table was adopted for this style of table.
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