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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Spanish Style / English Cabinet Need Help Identifying !

« on: March 12, 2010, 05:21:46 pm »

I made an apt with the St Louis Art Museum, and they helped me identify it as Spanish Renaissance Revival bookcase - looks like it was gutted and based on their databases had it been completely intact it would be worth around 3-6, but with it gutted and missing original fabrics etc probably not worth more than 800

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Spanish Style / English Cabinet Need Help Identifying !

« on: March 07, 2010, 11:44:49 am »

Thank you for the information. Last question I have - is this a reproduction ? How can you tell ? There is obviously some natural wear such as separation in the wood, I do see that it has some wear issues and maybe some updated repairs - such as new hinges, new nails holding in loose crown but I also see some square nails on the inside. In general though if this were from say the 14th-16th century I would expect a higher quality looking material and construction.
Are there are any tips I could use to help identify age? Thank you for all your help!

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Spanish Style / English Cabinet Need Help Identifying !

« on: March 06, 2010, 09:33:43 pm »

Thanks for the info below! Here is a picture of one of the feet




Do you have any hunches on how old this could be and maybe what something like this would go for?

Thank you!

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Antique Questions Forum / Spanish Style / English Cabinet Need Help Identifying !

« on: March 05, 2010, 09:17:10 pm »

Greeting! I came across a unique piece of furniture for sale, something like I have never seen before.
It appears to be some sort of old dresser. There is no information about the prior owner that I have found yet, the piece was acquired from an estate sale from an old mansion in a historic area of town. I would appreciate it greatly if anybody who can give insight into what it actually is and might be worth I can provide more information or pictures, just let me know what is needed!

I did not take measurements yet, it is probably about 7 feet high and 10 feet wide, it comes apart in differnet sections and opens up three ways - the two side cabinets and the middle one the stained glass crest is attached to

Thank you!