Dressing table?

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  1. NextMove

    NextMove Member

    Can anyone please tell me when this type of furniture was made and also what wood it is, it's very dark.
    Thank you :) IMG_2319.JPG IMG_2319.JPG
     
    NextMove, Nov 19, 2017
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  2. KingofThings

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

    Show us the front outside corner of a drawer and any marks or labels. :)
     
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  3. Sandra

    Sandra Well-Known Member

    I'll leave it to the furniture experts to describe when and what type of wood, but I would suggest this is a dresser rather than a dressing table. It seems to me that a dressing table would have a knee hole space, similar to a desk, so that a chair or bench could be drawn up.
     
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  4. silverthwait

    silverthwait Well-Known Member

    1910 - 1920 ish.
     
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  5. NextMove

    NextMove Member

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  6. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Its a dresser c 1920, it looks like mixed woods and possibly some previous staining.
    Its had some replacement / repair around the mirror.
    Not really very popular at the moment although before getting rid I would retrieve the barley twist arms and bevelled mirror.
     
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  7. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    I would quickly stop at a marble/granite place and pick up a new top. That is if you did not want to refinish the the top.
    greg
     
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  8. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    you could paint it a nice cream color...
     
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  9. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    Think Davey is spot-on with this. Likely English. Rather than mixed woods, wonder if it has been selectively stripped/refinished.
     
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  10. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    My English oak dresser has almost identical mirror and arms......the rest here looks like a later copy...in a more simple style..
     
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