Furniture idiot needs ID help...

Discussion in 'Furniture' started by bondtana, Oct 15, 2015.

  1. bondtana

    bondtana New Member

    Hi everybody. I've had this piece in storage for a long time, it was my grandfathers. I need some extra storage space, so I'm going to have to post it on craigslist.

    Just wondering if anyone can help me out with what exactly I have on my hands? Looks like a nice piece to me, the wood isn't too heavy though. Would you call this a credenza or side board? Something else?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

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  2. GaleriaGila

    GaleriaGila Hola, y'all!

    Welcome! There are some true furniture experts at this site who will be responding, I'm sure. Meanwhile, if you're so inclined, it's sorta customary for new members to do a self-intro in the Introductions forum. It's a nice way for us to get to know you and your interests and expertise.
     
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  3. bondtana

    bondtana New Member

    Hi Gila. I'll be honest with you. I probably won't be hanging around too much. But I figured someone might like checking this piece out. If you would still like a self-intro, let me know!
     
  4. GaleriaGila

    GaleriaGila Hola, y'all!

    Nawwwwwwwwwww, if you're good, I'm good!
    Much luck with your table/sideboard/credenza.
     
  5. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Side board works.
    Greg should be along soon..to nail it down.
    Nice vinyl collection !!
     
  6. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    Looks like an 1920 Jacobean piece. Really strange heavy bottom. Might be turn of the century but I'm getting a 20s vibe from it.
    greg
     
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  7. silverthwait

    silverthwait Well-Known Member

    That thing looks as if it would hold up a goodly shipment of gold bars! What is that green part? And why are the doors different? As to terminology, it is low, and therefore a cabinet as opposed to any of the others, which usually allow one to stand while reaching for the pickled tongue. Probably late teens, twenties. I have dining room furniture from that era. When people ask, I tell them it's post-war. The Boer War. :)

    In my area of the country, it would be a hard sell -- even with a judicious application of Old English Furniture Polish. However, I am mentally painting that thing black and topping it with an outsized black and gold mirror for my hallway!)

    Wait for Brad to add his dime.
     
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  8. bondtana

    bondtana New Member

  9. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    OK....now Brad's turn !!! :)
     
  10. bondtana

    bondtana New Member

    Thanks for the input guys. My grandfather had/has some really expensive & outlandish furniture. This was something he never really used. I wish I could show you the dining room table he has in storage. It's a beast.
     
  11. bondtana

    bondtana New Member

    Looks like someone put some kind of wallpaper down inside... Can't explain the doors haha.
     
  12. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    I would call it a server. Smaller than a sideboard or buffet but still meant to be a dining room piece. Probably evolved from a cellarette, which is too specific a use for modern homes. 1920s is right on. Made of walnut veneers with hardwoods stained to match. I had a very similar one, not quite as massive, that I sold for $150.00 in my retail store. It was in good refurbished condition. Looks like someone started to refinish a door and stopped on yours.
     
  13. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    Given the squat form, were it a period piece I'd call it a commode, somewhere to put the chamber pot or pots that were commonly used in 18th C and earlier dining rooms, for the relief of guests. Sometimes used with a folding screen, often not.

    I wonder how ladies in crinolines managed?
     
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  14. silverthwait

    silverthwait Well-Known Member

    Maids with pots.

    Why is it that that would be something I know!
     
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  15. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

  16. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    Not in 'real life' but I wonder how many are re-purposed as sauce boats?
     
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  17. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Quite a few, I suspect. They're worth far more as pee pots though!
     
  18. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    I was "peeing" myself over the comments. I found an old one handled pee pot or also known as a thunder mug still in the box. It had sweet peas for decoration. I used it for dinner parties for years as a veggie bowl. Very few people knew what it was, most younger people never ever heard of such a thing.:rolleyes:
    greg
     
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  19. silverthwait

    silverthwait Well-Known Member

    David Niven has a similar story in The Moon's a Balloon, about a long-winded dinner party which began to make him quite anxious. Under Butler to the rescue with the gentlemen's version. (And more discreet!)
     
  20. Pat P

    Pat P Well-Known Member

    Since it's not very tall, might it have been a hallway piece that had a mirror over it?
     
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