Thanks for your reply, why i thought it was American Walnut was because its a lighter than European Walnut and was used a lot on post War utility FurnitureHi Ken, it doesn’t look much like walnut to me I’m afraid, sorry I can’t help with the date.
To me the most interesting part and what makes it is the top section, Ian
Thank you for replying, dovetails are machined but no ply on the back also no ply on back of mirrors ,just wondering if it could be made by Harris lebus.Looks like the mouldings are machine made, so that should give you an idea when dating it. American Walnut is usually darker.
A good indicator of age is presence or absence of plywood. Also the drawers can tell a lot. Pre WWI mostly by hand,
dovetailed. After that, a variety of different joints, usually with machines.
+1 for the top section.
Yes I was thinking 1940s or earlier to nice to throw in skip, will strip it back and apply clear wax oil to bring it up to date.Looks like my grandparents sort of stuff. 1900 ish? Wild guess - could be horse chestnut. Was widely used for cheap furniture in the past
Thanks, I have stripped small section back to bare wood and it does look very much like pirana pine ,I'll be quite happy if it is this age,still has origin key which is a bonus.I doubt that the piece is either Walnut or 1940's utility furniture. Handles would have been made of wood and it's unlikely that locks would have been used. Additionally, 'decoration' (Ogee beading, fluting, piercing) was not used on 'utility' furniture, though there was some black market items with added ornamentation just post-war.
My feeling is that the item was more likely made in the 20's/30's from Paraná Pine and stained.
I have given the top the first quick sand and its come up like this, Pirana Pine, chestnut, Lemon wood, we can nail this today gentsThe design and colour looks very similar to a dressing table my wife has. It came from her Welsh aunts in North Wales and could well be from the 1920s or around then. It has 'candle burn' marks on it, reflecting the area the aunts lived in up in North Wales. But I digress.
We were always told it was made from 'lemon wood'. Certainly not any of the common timbers; not beech or pine or ash etc.
It is a very nice piece.
Cheers, Phil
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