Any idea age of this Vanity?

This has been pass down in our family and I have no idea of the age of it. Any ideas? Have someone that wants to buy it but I am clueless on price to ask.

Thanks in Advance.

Vanity Dove Tail by Kamloopsbc posted Apr 5, 2017 at 8:32 AM

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too bad you need to sell something passed down in your family.....but...everything has to be somewhere..!

it's very nice , and normally we don't do ' price ' here......but wait for some of our furniture people to offer up their opinions..........

Without knowing more ....I'll venture that $250 would be a good starting point.

 

Thanks . I know its hard to let go but it has no place in our home. We are keeping some things . Just not even sure where we would put this in our home. Would really love to know age, where it may have been made etc. Thanks

 

With no evidence of a mirror ever being present, I think your piece is probably a writing desk, perhaps part of a large bedroom suite.
Value is determined so much by location, if you have an interested party, it may be a good idea to tour your local antique shops to see what price similar items are asked.

 

Added a couple more pictures. I will have to look for evidence of a mirror. Writing desk makes sense that is what my Mom used it for mostly.

 

Probably dates to the 40s. and agree about this being a desk. Here in my semi-rural Midwest location you would be looking at about $175.00 at retail give or take. Less at auction or other wholesale venues. Probably more in a large city.

 

Because I do not know the climate you live in, some of the following suggestions for using the piece may not apply in your area.

I would use the piece for "storage" in an entry hall or foyer or at a back door or "side" door into a garage to hold "cold weather" gloves, mittens, mufflers etc.

I'm imagining a fairly large ceramic/pottery pot beside or near it to hold umbrellas/"bumbershoots" at an entry/exit door.

Whoa doggies, I didn't wake up this morning thinking I would be typing the word "bumbershoot."

 

1940s-1950s painted to look French Provincial.
Here is a site that repaints furniture for a more modern look. The first is similar to yours.
http://kcfauxdesign.com/furniture.htm

I think these doubled as Desk/Vanity
Desk
https://www.google.com/search?q=195...5Y3TAhWollQKHSHzB0MQ_AUICSgC&biw=1357&bih=890
Vanity
https://www.google.com/search?q=195...ch&q=1940s+french+provincial+vanity&*&imgrc=_

 

BC interior..

 

I've always loved the name Kamloops!

 

Been there. Lovely place.