Any info on these nightstands?

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  1. stfx12

    stfx12 Member

    Hi all,

    Can anyone lend their expertise and share some info about these two nightstands?
    They are deceivingly heavy for their size and the only markings are those on the back. I’m always curious about the story of my possessions :)

    thanks!
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  2. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    There's no stamp on the inside of the top drawer?
     
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  3. stfx12

    stfx12 Member

    No stamp
     
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  4. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Bookahtoo, May 28, 2020
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  5. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    My guess on the markings.
    195 is the style #
    Satin Walnut and Antique Oak are the color stains. Does there appear to be even the slightest difference of color? The pictures make them look the same.

    I believe the numbers on the bottom may be date codes. Sept 1967 and Jan 1968.
    Which would be the right time period for the style with those short legs.

    I would have dated them at late 60s, early 70s.
     
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  6. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    I think these are early 1980s, the darker one is the walnut finish. I think there is laminate (faux wood) involved, and not just veneer and this is the reason I've dated them to be a bit more recent, than Cluttered did.
     
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  7. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    Well, the darker one SHOULD BE the walnut finish stain, but it may not be.
     
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  8. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    I think 67 and 68 are the years they were made. They were still making them with wooden backs in those days.
    As to color, they could either be refinished, they could have changed the name of the stain, or they could have been so similar in the first place that age made them even more so.
    I think of Heywood Wakefield's Wheat and Champagne stains - they're often very hard to tell apart without looking at the back for the stamp.
     
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  9. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    good point!

    The drawer fronts look newer than MCM to me..
     
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  10. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    I wouldn't consider these to be MCM in design.
    Late 1960s is moving into the sleek Swedish Modern type of look.
    I am Not saying these are Swedish Modern.
     
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  11. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    Oh, ok, thanks! I don't remember the faux wood laminate manufactured for furniture before the 1980s. The drawer fronts appear to have been fabricated from molded something faux wood laminate.

    Cluttered, no, I'd never think you were saying that! ;)
    When do you remember seeing the faux wood laminate?
     
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  12. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    Thanks Book, I just saw the plywood on the backs, rather than a composite wood material like masonite.
     
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  13. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    I'm not sure I know. It might have arrived with stapled furniture.
     
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  14. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    Agree that those are probably the dates stamped on the back. Can't tell you who made them. Decent quality but would guess the heavy weight due to particle board in the carcass.
     
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  15. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

    It sort of looks like these could be words.

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  16. stfx12

    stfx12 Member

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  17. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Maybe made in Canada with "inspector" and "Inspecteur" on the stamp?
     
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