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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Biedermeier Hutch/Buffet

« on: January 04, 2013, 11:54:23 pm »

Actually if you look closely, the entire piece is bookmatched, it's a complete mirror from left to right including the stiles and rails of the doors.

I contacted Ritter Antik, thanks very much for the link, that website is a great find.  I hope they will take the time to answer back.
Tom

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Biedermeier Hutch/Buffet

« on: January 03, 2013, 09:02:19 pm »

OK, I posted some non-reduced pics on photobucket:

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Biedermeier Hutch/Buffet

« on: January 02, 2013, 10:53:56 am »

Also, there's a lot more detail shots in the photobucket album.  The carcase is hand cut dovetails, as are the drawers, the unit is all veneered, the doors appear to be a mahogany species or some other fine grained darker wood while the insides are pine.  The columns are an ebonized wood.

http://s566.beta.photobucket.com/user/txwoodworker/library/Biedermeier%20hutch

Thanks!

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Biedermeier Hutch/Buffet

« on: January 02, 2013, 10:43:32 am »

I'm assuming the tag is from a large antiques store or consignment mall.  I'm also assuming that it is from NYC, but that is just from the checkbook clue.
The caps are cast brass?  I don't know my metals, they are not plated, whatever they are on the face, that is what they are.
I'm pretty sure it's not maple, since that is a domestic (US) hardwood and I doubt they were importing it to what I am assuming (based on it being Biedermeier) Germany. It doesn't look like Sycamore, or any sycamore I know, it's too yellow and the grain is actually not as fine as Sycamore or maple.  The grain looks so wild, like it was rotary cut, did they make rotary cut veneers back then? I was guessing Birch on the wood species, the drawers don't look like a birch burl though, maybe Mappa?  I don't know what would be appropriate for the period/location.

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Antique Questions Forum / Biedermeier Hutch/Buffet

« on: January 01, 2013, 09:02:32 pm »

Hi all, this is quite an active forum, it's nice to see.  I will do my best to add my limited knowledge to the board, but I've been out of the antiques business for more than 10 years, so I'm a little rusty. I have a piece that I have no idea how to identify and I'm hoping you will be able to help.  I came about this piece in trade for some work and I'm very interested in identifying it, finding a fair price for it and selling it.  The only provenance I have is that I received it from a home in Texas, it had only been there about 2-3 years.  The previous owner came from NYC, I only know this because there was a checkbook lost behind one of the drawers and it fell out when I moved the unit.  The address was for a condo that is currently on the market for about $8million.  I was shocked to find a price tag on the bottom of one of the drawers.  Looking at the text on the price tag, it looks like it may have been on commission, or in a large antiques mall of some sort.  If you can't read it, it says DPT 023 CL 15 VND 293 STY 00158 BUFFET-WITH-TOP $12,500.00
Here's a few images and a link to the entire Photobucket album I have for it.  If you want to look at something closer, the original pictures are much, much larger than the ones on Photobucket.  Let me know which one you want and I'll add it to the Photobucket album.




http://s566.beta.photobucket.com/user/txwoodworker/library/Biedermeier%20hutch

OK, hope to hear from you soon!
Thanks,
Tom