Vintage night stands

[Jillybean]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to find out some information about these night tables. They're not antique-probably from the 40's or 50's. They have marble tops and screws are used in the wood. I included a picture of the backside  of the marble tops. The # on it matches the number on the wood. The wood also says "north night stand" and "Venetian White." I think the marble came from W&Z (Walker Zanger?), but the tables were made seperately? Maybe they were custom made? They most likely were bought in Los Angeles. Any ideas of style, era, manufacturer? I'm just curious.

Thanks!

[mart]

Might be late 50`s but more likely 60`s !!  The night stand would have a mfrs style number so the marble top would be numbered with the same style number !!  My thought would be that the marble was a later addition since it has an identifying note !!  North,, would probably be the owners name and item name ,,night stand !!  This would be done so the correct size top would be put on the night stand and it would be picked up and paid for by the owner !!

[Jillybean]

That makes sense, Mart! Thanks for your answer. My grandma's house was built in the late 50's and an interior decorator chose the furniture. The furniture and house all stayed the same (including two pink toilets and pink bathtubs) until my great-grandparents died in the 80's and some furniture was replaced with older family heirlooms.

I wonder if North was the decorator. Also, the construction of the  night stands doesn't seem as polished as the other furniture in the house. My family had a commercial construction company-maybe a carpenter made them.

[mart]

That's possible !!  Didn`t know there was a decorator involved !!  But as a rule there would be no reason for any small cabinet maker to use that kind of a number !! Style numbers are usually used by large mfrs for ease in ordering and manufacturing !!  Retailers order by the mfrs by the style number so my guess is that these were commercially made but possibly the designer had the marble tops added !!  And if the designer, whoever he was, ordered the tops then the name would be his and not your grandparents !!