What year was this china cabinet made?

Does anyone know what year this was made?
I can find one place saying 40s or 50s.
I love the piece and wondered if anyone knew more specifically.
Thanks.

 

Following is a furniture website query site that is answering a query on Northern Furniture Co. It has dates of name changes as to Northern Furniture Co. in 1904 and to R-Way in 1949. With the "R" on your label I thought it might be Northern R-Way, but on seeing one of their R-Way labels yours is not R-Way. I have included a pic of one of their R-Way labels below. The "R" on your label may stand for Reiss Coal Conglomerate that bought part of the company in 1916.
http://antiqueshoppefl.com/archives/ftaylor/qa70.htm

I suspect your piece probably dates somewhere around the 1920s to possibly early 1940s. Do wait for more knowledgeable folks to chime in.

--- Susan

 

Hi,
I would say the late 40s. It looks like blonde mahogany.
greg

 

Thank you Ladybranch and Greg.
I did email the author of that very nice article to see if they could identify the age of the piece.
And Greg I've never even heard of blonde mahogany. That's cool.
I love the piece because it has character and has something special about it.
I'm using it as a display case for my Coke things and other odds and ends in my office. It's absolutely perfect like it was made to go in that spot.
I wondered about that wood. It doesn't look like oak, but not like maple either.
The drawer fronts are beautiful.

 

Hi,
It was very popular to bleach the mahogany to turn it into blonde. Actually it bleached it white but with the yellow varnish it turned it blonde. I had a wonderful set of blonde mahogany dining room furniture in one of my houses years ago. I loved it, sorry that I sold it but the next apartment had no dining room at all.
greg

 

40s seems about right to me and agree with the blonde mahogany. The combination of those frameless glass sliding doors and traditional details probably would not have been found in an earlier piece. I would have said on in to the 50s but the name change information seems to preclude this.

 

the wood looks very similar to some pieces I inherited from my Mom. She got them post WW II at McGreery's in NYC, where she worked in the lamp dept. She always said that the wood was pecan, and I've never questioned it.

 

I want to thank all of you for these replies. This is my first post here and you've all been very courteous.
My wife and I enjoyed antiques for a long time then had kids. Now they're grown and we enjoy getting out again.
Now we're the antiques.
I have another piece that I want to post later to get some insight in it.
I enjoy the story behind the piece, if possible to find, as much as the piece itself.
It'd be great to find out it's history but I'm sure that's near impossible if at all.
It's been well cared for, it's in perfect condition.
The mahogany revelation explains the weight.
Thanks again for the help.

 

Brad, there is always a chance the "R" on this label was an early Northern R-Way label dating it 1949 to early 1950s??? I haven't been able to find another Northern label like the OP's.

--- Susan

 

Thanks Susan!

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Not really. The mahogany is probably only on the front and would be a veneer. The rest may be some other veneer or lesser quality mahogany finished to match. These would be on a substrate that, if from the 40s, is likely to be a solid wood such as oak or poplar. Your secondary woods in the drawer appear to be solid oak so the whole thing could have an oak substrate and would be quite heavy. There could also be some plywood in this as well. Later pieces began to incorporate particle board as substrates which also has a lot of weight.