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Nice, verrrrrrrrrry nice, especially the curved glass. The feet on it dates it, me thinks, ….. hafta wait until Mart takes a look at it.
Are there numbers on the back by any chance ?? Have to go by what I can see !! Looks to be late 30`s 1940`s or could even be early 50`s just going by the style !! I call these transition pieces !! Does the lock work,, some are just for looks ?? The scroll feet are similar to the Empire Revival period but not nearly as pronounced !! You find many details from earlier furniture during the transition of styles !!
I use to have a big collection/assortment of those "furniture" keys ….. so that after refinishing a piece for "resale" I had a key for it. It will sell "quicker" with a key …… than without a key.When the new owner shows it off to his family or friends, …… having the "key" for the door/drawer locks is "important" …. whenever he/she is asked if they have one.
Quote from: cogar on June 21, 2019, 07:55:40 amI use to have a big collection/assortment of those "furniture" keys ….. so that after refinishing a piece for "resale" I had a key for it. It will sell "quicker" with a key …… than without a key.When the new owner shows it off to his family or friends, …… having the "key" for the door/drawer locks is "important" …. whenever he/she is asked if they have one. I can post another pic of something that you may need to help determine.
Can`t get much closer on something of that vintage !! There can be as much as a ten year production period between the time they started making it and when it ended,, if it ended at all !! Styles were not made year to year but followed the trends and the designers of the day !!
I think by the mid 20th century it could have been any one of dozens of manufacturers. Not sure if Grand Rapids was still a big furniture manufacturing center at that point, but that's where I'd start.