I have lots of photos to help identify the history of my antique make up vanity plus mirror. Please

i was reading up on the characteristics of my piece and it almost sounds like it's from the Queen Anne era. The legs of the vanity are like a Cabriole leg with triffid feet. There are also simple carvings. Here are lots of pictures I took pictures of in the drawers, and underneath the vanity there's a stamp with C 925. Please help with mirror as well!

 

The basic form is French but the carving and hardware appear more Spanish. Hard to tell under all that paint but I think this probably dates 1930s or later. Not sure that it is American so harder for me to pin down as a result.

 

Which is interesting , because of all the brown furniture that you've painted over.
Do you think that in this case the paint hurts the piece ?

 

Assuming that Brad is correct about the date (LOL! Of course he is!), the white paint has not covered up a rare, museum piece.

Personally, I would not have bought that critter in its original state. The white paint, however, puts it smack between the windows in my bedroom!

 

I don't know what year yours was made, but these were popular in the 1950s -60s. White French Provincial.
Yours has a lot more detail.

https://www.google.com/search?q=195...KHfYVAw0Q_AUICCgC&biw=1659&bih=1054&dpr=0.85#

As for the mirror you are showing with it from another post, I don't think it is original to this vanity. As johnny said in his reply, the mirror looks more federal style.

 

Hmmm, I may not be awake yet. As Brad said this may be a 1930s piece, painted to look like the French Provincial pieces

 

As I said, this could be later than the 30s. The style of the carving with that background stippling is not typically American. It is typically seen in British furniture but I am sure that others may have it. Consequently, I am having a hard time dating this. English and Continental furniture often employed details and styles longer than that typically seen in America. There were also a lot of copies of traditional styles being mass produced in Italy into the 60s.

Any possible age details have been obliterated by white paint. In seeing the inside of the drawer, this appears to be well made of good materials. Along with the quality of the carving and mixing of styles, I see this as typical of the 30s. This is where I got the starting date but consider it as the earliest possible time period for this.

I also agree with the others that the mirror is not original to this. As with the vanity, the paint makes it hard to assess. A look at the back might help. My gut reaction is that it is 40s or 50s, from when this style of mirror was popular.

I don't think the paint hurts this since it is not a fine antique. Given today's market, it probably helps it. We may see this differently somewhere down the road. I doubt I would have painted this unless in bad cosmetic condition and could have purchased it very cheaply.

 

Thanks everyone for all your input !! I was looking for a white vanity so that's why I bought the piece already painted. I am very new to the antique world but am falling in love with it. I am very inexperienced so I am very appreciative for all your input ! I am doing the rest of the room and wanted to buy other antique furniture from the same time frame to tie the room in better. I didn't know if it would look silly say by having another piece from a different era. Thanks for everyone's comments !

 

When we buy what we like, we tend to pick the same style and lines of things.

If you are new to buying, then I suggest that you do not buy for investment purposes. That doesn't work.
Buy what you like, is functional for your use and fits in your budget. It doesn't matter if it is old or new, because what you like will end up blending together. Buying all in the same time period doesn't necessarily mean it will all work together.

 

After looking around at my stuff, my wife's stuff, my folks stuff, auction stuff, yard sale stuff, antique store stuff & retail furniture store stuff , I can reasonably state that there is no discernible pattern...style...or theme to any of the furniture I live with.
Better Homes & Gardens will not be stopping at this location..............EVER !!

 

Ahem! What Komokwa said is not necessarily true! A room done all to one period can be charming, but also static, and devoid of the personality of the owner.

The controlled ornateness of your dressing table lends itself to any number of permutations. An Eames chair for instance, can work quite as well as a little chintz-upholstered, down-filled armchair. Your mirror can be complemented by others in plain silver or gold frames (or, very ornate ones).

Figure out what you need in the way of furniture, and then find items you like. More often than not, everything will fit together -- and if not, you will know...something in you will realize that, for instance, some particular picture, nice though it is, belongs elsewhere.

There are people who do not have this innate sense, but you chose that dressing table, so you are not one of them.

 

It IS true about me !!!
I can mix and match with the best of em.....but what I have now is more of a MishMash !!!!

 

Ahem, again. For some time now, the politically correct name for Komokwa's style has been "eclectic."

Pedigree is great, but Presentation is All!

Put little Herbie's painting of two red stripes and a black blob in an important frame, and call it an early Mondrian. Trust me -- you will be believed.

 

You guys are awesome ! Thank you so much. I love all your opinions, and you guys are right I am going to look for stuff that I love and that I think mesh well together whether its from the same time period or not. I wont be sticking to all the same time frame I am just going to buy what I think looks nice together. Thanks again everyone!!

 

Buy what you like...& like to live with......u can't go wrong !