I have this old dresser set sitting around and was just curious if anyone knows the style and age frame for it. I can't find any helpful markings on it.
Thank you.
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This looks like a nice set of furniture you have sitting around your home. It is a shame you can't find any marking on the dresser to help out. Normally they are located on the back or even under the dresser. It is helpful when you know who made it. In cases like this unless a person knows the exact manufacture it makes it so hard to help out.
Thanks for you help guys I'll try to find some info and let you know
There are markings in one of your photos, but it is much too dark to read. Can you tell me what it says, please?
At first blush it looks like a French piece, maybe 1800s to 1940s. I was going to say Chippendale style but the legs are not right for that. Also the castors are not right for the style and may have been added on later. The casters may even be older than the piece--just from the look of them.
The drawers look much too clean and un-aged, which is why I suggest to get the best feed back on what you have it may be better served having a trusted antique dealer come and look at them and identify based on what they see (and I can't). You do show some of the connects and nails, which do look old, but other things don't line up.
Please post back what you learn!! They are lovely pieces and I hope you can learn more of their history and their value if that is why you are asking!
I agree, the screw heads are flat-head, phillips-head came out approx in 1940s. And, these chest of drawers typically do not have clear or identifiable markings that make sense of who or where they were made. Helpplewhite furniture style mimics George Hepplewhite, Sheridan, & Chippendale, all 3 greats lived & died in mid to late 1700s.
Thanks for the great additional photos!!
I looked it all over the best I could and I think you have what is called a Sheraton Style Chest of Drawers. Note this is a style not a brand.
Based on the screws it is most likely late 19th century or early into the 20th century--unless it is a marriage piece--which means someone took some old dressers and married it to newer pieces. This happens all the time in furniture and unless you know the exact history it is often hard to tell if you have an original or a marriage piece.
The stencil numbers tell me it was manufactured (vs. hand made) and all of those numbers are part of the furniture line that it belonged to. If I could narrow it down to a brand, I may be able to figure out more, but I was not able to narrow it to a brand. I thought it might be a Kling piece but that didn't pan out. Then maybe an early Ethan Allen, again, that was a dead end.
One of the challenges in IDing furniture is that there were so many makers that made furniture for stores....so made by X to sell at Y store. Then the piece they made to sell at Z store was just a tad different.
If you are asking to try to sell the pieces, my best recommendation is to have a reputable antique dealer who specializes in furniture come out and look at it and give you a value for selling in your town.
Furniture sales are very regional and supply and demand based so you may have a piece that would fetch thousands in one city, that in another town, may barely fetch 100 dollars. That is just how it works in the furniture resale world.
Thanks so much for sharing your lovely piece!! If you do get an expert in, I would love to hear more.
Agreed, I find several of these pieces via online sales in WI & northern IL. Stated price tends to start at $400, but go for $100 or even less.today one is posted for $20. (Hopefully my gain though to give these chest of drawers a good, caring home ). Best of luck, maybe your region might be different on a sellers side & gain.
By the drawer pulls, there are 2 chippendale style chest of drawers (high & low boy). By handles, as well, the chest of drawers (low boy) that is up side down, appears to be regency. Chippendale being 1920s-1930s. My memory fails me on the regency style time frames, but still early 1900s. Your images caught my eye because the overall craft style, veneer variety & wooden embellishments placed as such tend to be Hepplewhite.my favorite! Hope this helps.
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