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<p>[QUOTE="SeaGoat, post: 4357854, member: 1136"]It is a pretty piece and I almost swapped out my husband's current dresser for it, but the one he has, has a little more of a primitive "masculine" look, not that this piece doesn't have a masculine look, I think it does, but it does not match his personality as well as the other dresser..</p><p><br /></p><p>So, this one will be sold. I just want to date it correctly, not that it will change the price in this market, but I like to know what I'm selling (and be able to stand behind it), and I like the buyer to take pride and security in knowing what they are getting.</p><p><br /></p><p>With this piece, the feet is what is throwing me, we don't see much of this style in my area..</p><p>Tons of Duncan Phyfe (most of it 1940s), lots of Pillar and Scroll, a fair amount of ball and claw, and the dreaded Queen Anne is everywhere... (sorry if you like Queen Anne, she is not my favorite <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/redface.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>The saw marks are not pit-sawn and not circular sawn, they look sash/band sawn, which narrows down the dates to the very early 1800s - 1860s/1880s (depending on who you ask).</p><p><br /></p><p>The nails have rectangular heads and the wood shows slight black oxidizing, but still inconclusive, for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I keep wanting to identify this as Sheraton, but I just don't think it truely matches, like the legs/feet are too heavy. </p><p>The curved top drawers make me want to say empire, as well as the curved leg(?), but then it blocks off at the upper shoulder area and at the bottom, before the feet.</p><p>..its like it's confused, maybe an "in-between" piece? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bored:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Something says 1830s to me, but again, that sounds too early, and know nothing <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie25" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SeaGoat, post: 4357854, member: 1136"]It is a pretty piece and I almost swapped out my husband's current dresser for it, but the one he has, has a little more of a primitive "masculine" look, not that this piece doesn't have a masculine look, I think it does, but it does not match his personality as well as the other dresser.. So, this one will be sold. I just want to date it correctly, not that it will change the price in this market, but I like to know what I'm selling (and be able to stand behind it), and I like the buyer to take pride and security in knowing what they are getting. With this piece, the feet is what is throwing me, we don't see much of this style in my area.. Tons of Duncan Phyfe (most of it 1940s), lots of Pillar and Scroll, a fair amount of ball and claw, and the dreaded Queen Anne is everywhere... (sorry if you like Queen Anne, she is not my favorite :oops:) The saw marks are not pit-sawn and not circular sawn, they look sash/band sawn, which narrows down the dates to the very early 1800s - 1860s/1880s (depending on who you ask). The nails have rectangular heads and the wood shows slight black oxidizing, but still inconclusive, for me. I keep wanting to identify this as Sheraton, but I just don't think it truely matches, like the legs/feet are too heavy. The curved top drawers make me want to say empire, as well as the curved leg(?), but then it blocks off at the upper shoulder area and at the bottom, before the feet. ..its like it's confused, maybe an "in-between" piece? :bored: Something says 1830s to me, but again, that sounds too early, and know nothing :bookworm:[/QUOTE]
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