Need help identifying dresser

Need help identifying this dresser. Period? Age?

 

bigger and better pics are required for further identification.

 

Thank you very much, I just uploaded larger image size.

 

please go back to your post and edit.....clicking on Full size Image....so we can easily see your wood !

 

@Ghopper1924
@verybrad

I've tagged two senior members , who will be around at their leisure....or before !!

 

Thank you very much!

 

This one's on me!

Debora

 

Debora, thank you very much!

 

I would say Edwardian of nondescript style, but rather nice, clean lines. Needs TLC though. Could be older but can't even be sure what wood the front is. Would have to see the back and those locks too. Knobs are nice touch.

 

was wood milled like that in those times?

 

Thank you very much for the input. I will add pictures back of the dresser and of the locks too.

 

I say older than Edwardian period, more like mid 19th c. - saw a lot of this good honest furniture 1850s -70s.

 

Milling machinery was getting pretty refined by the 1840's - note, this piece has hand cut drawer dovetails, making it a factory type and hand made furniture. Furniture from the dawn of the Industrial Revolution -

 

thank you for that !!!

 

Yes, mid-19th century. May even be as late as the 1880s. One might call it "Vernacular Victorian." Walnut. Honest, and a bit of a plain Jane as well. Will probably last several more lifetimes with a bit of common sense care.

 

plain is right.....or maybe just functional !!

locks on each drawer.....maybe held women's frilly underthings ??

 

Drew, thank you very much for your input on this. Appreciate it!

 

Komokwa,
Thank you for keeping moderating this discussion.
I am going to add more pictures of the back of the dresser, and of the locks.

 

Agree with the mid-19th century dating. Suppose it could be called late classical but really not enough detail to make any designation. I like Ghopper's "Vernacular Victorian." designation. Not sure this is walnut. A better pic of the wood is in order. The secondary wood in the drawers is maple, which is a bit unusual.