Another Furniture Question

[aturber]

I have another piece that I would appreciate any input you may have. It was also purchased in an antique auction and refinished. Unfortunately, I don't have any other information about the piece. One of the pictures shows it next to a 2-drawer filing cabinet to show the size. Any ideas you may have about the origin, age, value, etc. I would greatly appreciate!

[regularjoe2]

Perhaps this veneered cabinet was an upper portion of a "Tallboy" or a"Highboy" unit ?

I'd love to see an image of the underside of the drawer panels , & maybe the bottom of the cabinet itself !

Thanks for posting it & including images , aturber .

[aturber]

Thank YOU! It is really heavy. I think the picture makes it seem smaller than it really is. I attached some more pictures.

[aturber]

Now the pictures are attached.

The first and second pictures are of the bottom of a drawer and the third is of the inside of a drawer.

[KC]

Nice chest.  Looks mid 1900's.  I'm feeling it is factory made...not hand....What'cha thinking regularJoe?

[mart]

I think it may be earlier !!  Around 1900 would be more to my thinking !! Wood is not easy to tell after refinishing because of the shine but almost looks like burl oak and probably veneered as Joe said !! Burl oak was expensive even then !! As for its use I think its simply a chest of drawers as most had in those days !! They put those locks on everything including bedroom and dining pieces. That lock is a bit different as it doesn`t take a skeleton key !!  Its a smaller key that has a tubular piece that fits over the metal part in the center of the lock.  If I am seeing it correctly !! Do you have the key ??  Have only seen a few of those !!

[dontbe]

Aturber, I'm sorry, I deleted your profile on accident while cleaning out users who never posted.. (usually potential spammers)

Sorry about that, please sign up again.
regards, Ed

[fancypants]

My 'eyes-only' (& no touchie-feelie the cabinet) is that it is a middling quality (@ time of it's production) unit ; it sure seems like there are plenty of issues with the veneering *& perhaps humidity & associated issues* .... this I'd suspect as reason for the re-finish being done in the manner it was (i.e. -uneven/blotchy) so as to attempt to cover defects &/or to 'enhance' an 'antiqued' finish .

High/higher quality cabinets tend to have 'floating' (somewhat , anyways) panels in the bottoms of drawers , usually fitted into a rabbetted joint ... never with furring strips glued to the assembly .

All that being said , it looks like a sturdy unit , with many practical uses !

Will fathom a guess that this item is an American-made one , from the gen'l later timeframe of the "Industrial Revolution" era-ish (or possibly made to represent one) .

I wish your item had survived better than it has , but I am certain that it's chock-full-o'-character anyways .
I bet the 'flame walnut' veneer was an eye-catcher , when new !

I am wondering if the frame is tight , though (old & crisp mucilage glue?) .