Old Buffet .....but wait.....there's more....

[annie2168]

I bought this buffet at a garage sale on the weekend.I would love to know the age and anything else about it.
The drawers have very wide dovetailing. The bottom picture is more true to the colour of the wood...my camera was playing up.
I spent hours searching for one similar online...no joy!

Thanks
Anne

[mart]

Need better pics !! Good square shot of front and of the dovetails, closeup of hardware and the back if possible !!

[bigwull]

sometimes this mix of American/English..can be so confusing...over here we call this a sideboard,but you guys have adopted the French name,  buffet...their both correct but its still confusing at times...

[jacon4]

Guesses 1930s, +/- 10 yrs or so. This sideboard has several styles going at once, frame & panel, misssion, with the stiles through the top  &  william & mary tear drop pulls.

[mart]

Odd blend isn`t it Jacon4 ??

[ghopper1924]

This also has a homemade or even kit-like look to it.

[jacon4]

Hmmm, no, not really. The Victorians started this trend in the late 19th century where its very common to have pieces with several different styles in the same piece. Sometimes this works visually and sometimes it doesnt though, thats for sure.

[bigwull]

i,ve broken up a few of these in my time...my hungry 10kw woodburner..gobbles up pieces like this...and even as i speak its swallowing the remains of a 7ft ercol dining table that  had no further use,....

[mart]

I like the buffet style ,,but not fond of the hardware for this one !!  I know they blended styles but have not seen this mix !!  I think I would replace those with a simple craftsman style !!

[ghopper1924]

I've got a smoking stand that is very similar to this buffet, including the door pull. It was homemade by a "garage craftsman" in the 1940s.

[frogpatch]

It looks like a craftsman style piece to me and very well made. The hardware on those pieces very often was odd for the style. We always picture heavy forged angular pulls but that was not always the case. It was up to the whim of the maker. I would look carefully over the entire piece for a mark. Look on the inside on the legs and anywhere else. Are there any dowels or through tenons holding it together? Can we see more pictures of the back and the drawer sides and bottom?. The finish in the pictures also looks washed out. Is it?

[annie2168]

Thanks everyone for your interest in my little pride and joy. I guess it looks a bit rough
to some ...but I love it. Here are a few more pics.

[annie2168]

and more

[bigwull]

Escutcheons... key holes....a lot of good they,ll do...makes me believe they should,nt be there...they have been stuck on as an afterthought....

[mart]

Now we can see it !! Much better !!  I am thinking more age to this than previously thought !! Can you take a pic of the back ??