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Scamp1137

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Help Identifying this cabinet
« on: September 16, 2012, 05:06:19 pm »
Can anybody can give me some info on this?  How old is it?  And who the maker is?

                                                 Thanks, Brad
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Re: Help Identifying this cabinet
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2012, 05:27:13 pm »
Welcome to the forum Scamp! 

Have you had a chance to look the cabinet all over.......outside and in/underneath/on top?  Do you happen to know the history of it.......who/where it came from? (Just asking so that those that are more knowledgeable in furniture will have a bit more to go on). 

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Re: Help Identifying this cabinet
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2012, 05:36:32 pm »
I hate to sound like a Broken Record....but it would help some of us if we knew where you came from...almost everyone assumes that we are all on  your side of the pond...which can be a little annoying when some of us are on the ..."other side"...and we then have to guess...as to where this or that item comes from...i just don,t understand why its such a big secret...
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Re: Help Identifying this cabinet
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2012, 06:59:04 pm »
can you get a good square shot of those dovetails ?? Pics of the legs, hinges and back would also help date !! If the name is not written on it, chances are you will never know who made it !! Its a pretty common style and many made variations of it !!  Looks very typical of late 20`s or 30`s styles !!  However could be earlier if you are on bigwulls side of the pond !! And thats what that construction looks like !! Or could have been brought and sold here back when they imported so much from the UK !!
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Re: Help Identifying this cabinet
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2012, 12:22:18 am »
The handles just don't seem to match the style (they appear Asian) with the Venetian urns.  Agree with the early 1900's time period.

« Last Edit: September 17, 2012, 12:36:23 am by KC »
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Re: Help Identifying this cabinet
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2012, 04:24:06 am »
Isn't that also in the last photo a Greek key design on the handle??
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Re: Help Identifying this cabinet
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2012, 04:46:57 am »
These handles on the drawer and the door..are out of place...there aluminium...and i agree with Wendy..they have a Greek look to them....the cabinet itself looks like its veneered with a burr wood...it does look European...but perhaps...i,m thinking along those lines..because of the German ornaments, which are either Goebels or Hummels.... and the bier Steins...
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Re: Help Identifying this cabinet
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2012, 05:29:22 am »
1930s, walnut, Deco with neoclassical ornament.
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Re: Help Identifying this cabinet
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2012, 07:04:42 am »
Quote from: KC on September 17, 2012, 12:22:18 am
The handles just don't seem to match the style (they appear Asian) with the Venetian urns.  Agree with the early 1900's time period.

I'm guessing that some past owner decided to update the cabinet...and drilled a couple extra holes to put "fancy" hardware on it. I'm sure that it would have had single-hole, probably tear-drop pulls originally.
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Re: Help Identifying this cabinet
« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2012, 08:31:02 am »
yes !!  Pulls are rather obvious as an update attempt !!
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Re: Help Identifying this cabinet
« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2012, 02:49:13 pm »
Yep ya'll....now that I enlarge the handles they are Greek!  I guess the Asian dolls in the cabinet influenced me on this one!  I know better than that!


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Re: Help Identifying this cabinet
« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2012, 03:44:19 pm »
Quote from: KC on September 17, 2012, 02:49:13 pm
Yep ya'll....now that I enlarge the handles they are Greek!  I guess the Asian dolls in the cabinet influenced me on this one!  I know better than that!



What Asian dolls...there,s 1.1/2 oriental dolls on the left.and 4 European child ornaments on the  top shelf  ,....and anyway...Greece is in Europe....not Asia.... ;D
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Re: Help Identifying this cabinet
« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2012, 07:51:02 am »
This has been in my wifes family her whole life.  Someone thinks it came from Pennsyvannia (we live in Ohio,USA).  Yes the hardware appears to have been replaced.  The contents have been added over the years and have no relation with the cabinet. I will post pics as soon as I can. Thanks for any info.
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Re: Help Identifying this cabinet
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2012, 02:15:30 pm »
Here are more pics
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Re: Help Identifying this cabinet
« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2012, 02:25:21 pm »
and more pics...
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