Knockdown Armoire identification.

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  1. Blain

    Blain New Member

  2. flipper

    flipper Striving to face adversity with tact and humor

    Blain?
    Not ONE of your photos can be viewed. Try emailing them to yourself and resizing them. There are different ways to do it, but once they are uploaded, press FULL IMAGE and then all your text will turn into visual information.
    Welcome
     
  3. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    None of what you’ve listed is showing up here.....either they’re too large or are in a private gallery, or are posted off-site......!
     
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  4. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    The primary reason they cannot be seen is because Blain's "sharing preferences" are set in such a way that only he (or specific other members he authorizes) have permission to see them. Change that setting and they will show up just fine.
     
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  5. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    Susan are you harboring any escaped prisoners at your place
     
  6. Blain

    Blain New Member

    Does it work now? Photo's are uploaded to an album.
     
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  7. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    I see them
     
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  8. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    I can see them now but not before and when I clicked on the first one the first time I got the error message about not having permission to view media in this album.

    So he definitely made a change at some point.

    What would that have to do with "escaped prisoners?" :hilarious:
     
  9. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

  10. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    HAX-Smith furniture Co. Was in business 1868-1974
     
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  11. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    WOW!!! THAT is very lovely!!!!
     
  12. Ghopper1924

    Ghopper1924 Well-Known Member

    Handsome ca 1900 oak armoire. Machine-made dovetails with nice original pulls. In my part of the U.S. midwest it would sell for maybe $200-$300 at auction, a bit more or less depending on the location and day.
     
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  13. Blain

    Blain New Member

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    Thank you. There just isn't much I can find about this company.

    Thank you. I was guessing 1900-1910 but I really didn't have a basis for that guess. It is a really nice looking piece and in very good shape for it's age. I've never seen one of these knockdown units so that was very neat to me.
     
  14. Blain

    Blain New Member

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  15. NewEngland

    NewEngland Well-Known Member

    I love that it can be broken down for moving and easily put back together. Great piece!
     
  16. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    It is a great piece! I sold one nearly identical for $300 about a decade ago, but where I live in the Deep South. Sadly, I don't think the market has increased for brown furniture since that time.
     
  17. Blain

    Blain New Member

    Good to know. I'm not too concerned with price right now, don't think my wife would let it go. It's good to know an approximate value though, just in case something needs insured.

    FWIW, I think we will see a demand for brown furniture soon. You will be able to pick up painted pieces cheap.
     
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  18. MaD21

    MaD21 New Member

    I have a similar knockdown. I was told by original family who owned it that it was built around 1900. The person who gave it to me was downsizing. I love it and every scratch on it. There is no furniture company name. The knockdowns were supposedly popular in the Baltimore city's narrow row homes and used for closet space.
    I took a lock off and brought it to an antique shop. The owner rummaged through a container of keys and found 2 that worked. I was thrilled because the doors can only stay closed by latching with key. It resides in my living room as a liquor cabinet. It had shelves, but no pole for clothes when it was passed on to me. I will never get rid of it!! It works really well with my semi contemporary eclectic decor. It helps that the room as vaulted ceilings, my house is small. Ill send a photo if I am able. I have not painted or refinished the piece. Its history speaks for itself.
     
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  19. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    The only reference I can find to Weber & Beck is in a 1904 business directory. That fits with timing above.

    Debora
     
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  20. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    Indeed, and one year later, I totally agree, especially after the west coast fires have demolished so much wood two summers in a row.
     
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