Please Help With Identification Of This Piece. :)

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  1. love4bdd

    love4bdd New Member

    Hi there! I just acquired a nice little sideboard cabinet from my in-laws. My mother-in-law bought it from an antique store here in Texas during the late 1980's...... Just curious if anyone can help me with identifying this piece... Maker, era, etc..... The only markings I could find on it is a stamped number on the upper back side. Number is, 2009. No paper tags or anything else I could see. It is a keyed cabinet ~ Coming with the skeleton key. It is veneered,.....or at least it is on top as it has some minor chips in it (pictured). Any information / help would be much appreciated! TIA

    **I posted this initially on my introduction post late last night.....Being a newbie on here, I didn't realize there was another place to do so. So here's my updated post...**

    Someone comment on my initial post letting me know that it could be a linen press. When I searched linen presses, 99% of the ones I saw were much bigger / taller..... ? DSCN3368.JPG DSCN3372.JPG DSCN3375.JPG DSCN3383.JPG DSCN3384.JPG DSCN3385.JPG DSCN3386.JPG DSCN3387.JPG DSCN3389.JPG DSCN3390.JPG
     
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  2. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Welcome! :)
    Stand by for the furniture people to come by and help you.
    Then you can quietly say>
    I see furniture people...
    :)
     
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  3. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    1920s-30s walnut server. I can see why someone said linen press with those drawers. They would have been used to store linens and, probably, flatware in the top drawer but this is a dining room piece. The style is quasi-Jacobean but this is a watered down 20th century version.
     
  4. love4bdd

    love4bdd New Member

    Wow! Thank you so much!! Very cool to know!! Any idea of how much they sell for? Or what I could get for this one in this condition?
     
  5. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    I bought this similar era more interesting one for $25.00 that I later fixed up and sold for $135 in my retail store. I thought my purchase price pretty cheap but it did need similar veneer work as yours and, of course, a better looking pull. I think the form of mine is more saleable. It did not have the drawers like yours so that might make a difference to some. Values are down and this is semi-rural Midwest. You might do better in other locations. In particular, large cities and East or West coast locations probably sell for more than here.

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