I have this oval side table with some markings on the bottom, but I do not know the manufacturer or the value. Can you help me?
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That marker does not look familiar to me. Is it just a triangle and the number?
My first thought is it is probably a store brand marking. Those are very hard to research as there are not a lot of good records kept on them...at least that I have found in my travels.
Most of the big name brands clearly mark their pieces because it added to their provenance.
Regency style pieces like this one are all over the board in value. I have seen people asking up to $700 for them in auction settings when pristine and with a name brand maker mark.
In the condition yours is in, you may (in the right market) fetch in the $100 range. Now where I am, it would be much less because there is large supply of these and little demand.
Furniture is all about supply and demand. Hopefully you are in a low supply, high demand place and people will pay more for your piece.
Best best is to talk to local furniture resellers in your town to get a feel for your specific market. Maybe one of them can consign it for you to get the best exposure for the piece.
Post back with an update! It is a neat item!
Thanks! It is hard to tell if it is a triangle or the number 4. But I was not able to find anything on either.
Mersman made tables like this. It looks like someone stacked one up on the other. Mersman also had a triangle symbol. Your best bet is showing the pictures to a dealer.
Thanks! I did not think about the possibility that it was not original. Good idea to show to a dealer.
I believe it may be possible some part of this table is Mersman - maybe the piece of wood connecting the bottom stand to the table - perhaps not?
This appears to be at least 2 or more tables put together and made into one table.
The wood piece joining the stand/foot to the table shows it is not in the original position but moved to the side - probably because the original holes were too large and this stand did not belong to this table.
It also does not appear the stand is Mersman because I believe that Mersman always made splayed legs with either metal or claw feet. Straight legs were sometimes plain. I could be wrong on this but have not seen plain splayed legs on Mersman tables.
The pieces joining the two tables do not seem to match the design on the stand/footing. The spindles actually look like the spindles you can purchase in a package at Home Depot or Lowe's to either make or repair furniture.
The table itself appears to be okay but in dire need of refurbishing.
If this were my table, I would completely redo it and paint it in a suitable color and use it or place it up for sale on several local sites like Craigslist, OfferUp, LetGo, Nextdoor, Facebook Groups/Marketplace.
On these sites you can start the price high and lower it if no one shows an interest - offer it as pick up only and find a place outside your home to show it to potential buyers.
All of the above comments are my own personal view of the pictures you show and I could be incorrect on any of these comments.
Thanks! I did not think about two tables being put together. I will clean it up and see what it looks like. Good idea about painting it.
Thanks again!
It is possible that someone put two tables together, but I did not get that when I looked at it, as my one grandmother had a table like this when I was a child. I used to find the table confounding because you could never see what was on the lower shelf.
The one in this link looks like my grandmothers, more so than this one, but they are very similar in style:
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The piece in the link was marked from a Canadian store. I am sure the one in our family came from a Pittsburgh furniture store, so I don't think it was a regional style.
I don't think this one in this post is that old as my grandmothers was (hers was probably from the late 1920s/early 1930s (when they first set up house). The screws on the one posted here are newer. I would peg this one as maybe as the 1950s or later OR it was repaired in that era, which I guess is the other possibility that perhaps it is a 20s/30's piece that was repaired.
I hope the poster will take it to a vintage furniture dealer and share what is learned! Now I am very curious!!
Thanks! I had not thought about the possibility of two tables being put together. I think I will clean it up, see how it looks, and see who I can find locally to show it to.
Appreciate the help!
Please let me know what you learn!! Thanks for sharing!
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