Featured Secretaire/Desk XIX century?

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  1. Wieeesniak

    Wieeesniak New Member

    Hello guys,

    I am just wondering how could someone throw such a beautiful piece to rubbish...

    Does anyone know what exactly is this? What material? Is it the XIX c. as I have managed to search on the Internet?
     

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  2. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    No clue for me but welcome! :)
     
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  3. Mansons2005

    Mansons2005 Nasty by Nature, Curmudgeon by Choice

    A) Welcome!
    B) Sorry that I can't definitively speak about your piece
    C) If I had seen that in the skip, I would have SAT on it until a friend could rent a truck and pick "us" up.............................
     
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  4. Wieeesniak

    Wieeesniak New Member

    Welcome to all of you once again :)

    Thanks for the responses, waiting for more :)
     
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  5. Mansons2005

    Mansons2005 Nasty by Nature, Curmudgeon by Choice

    It sometimes takes a bit for the right person to respond to the right post, but rest assured that if anyone knows anything they will post!!
     
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  6. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Some of the furniture experts don't check the forum every day... be patient, and more replies will come...
     
    Figtree3, Sep 19, 2015
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  7. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    way to recycle !!!!
     
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  8. Wieeesniak

    Wieeesniak New Member

    Ye, ye... I do not expect the answear in just a few minutes. I am aware that it can be time consuming, no problem at all :)
     
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  9. silverthwait

    silverthwait Well-Known Member

    While we are waiting for Brad (he's the person you Really want to weigh in here), I am going to guess that, handsome as the piece is, it is not as old as it looks as if it might be. The lower quarter seems off somehow. 40's?

    However, Mansons and I would both be "sitting" on it. :)!
     
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  10. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    I would say early 1900`s maybe 1910 oak, possibly English.
    Arts and craft era oak secretaire
     
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  11. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    As mentioned, Brad knows the most about furniture.

    My 2 cents.
    Probably English Oak from the 1920s-30s.
     
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  12. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    LOL sniped by davey
     
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  13. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    I agree English oak secretary circa 1920. Some William and Mary influence with those bulbous legs. Looks like the feet may have been cut off at some point, as I would not expect those stretchers to sit so close to the floor like that.
     
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  14. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    My english oak buffet has very similar feet with that chunky square block at the bottom....looks out of place ...but it's there....and my stretcher is also only a half inch off the floor.
    Similar drop hardware too...
    I think the circa 1920 is solid.
     
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  15. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Any antique lover would have snaffled that. It's solid wood and you can't beat the price. It seems to have found a good home; I'd dust it off a bit and load it with books and papers. I doesn't seem to need much else.
     
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  16. Wieeesniak

    Wieeesniak New Member

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  17. Wieeesniak

    Wieeesniak New Member

    If it wasn't for my 45square meters flat, I would definitely "stay" with it...
     
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  18. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Booooo ! Even in that space it's great for storage .....& in later years you'll have grown to love it & the story of how you found it !;);)
     
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  19. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    I'd call it a bureau-bookcase, and I agree with the others,1920s.

    It went to the trash because they are fetching almost no money nowadays.
     
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  20. Pat P

    Pat P Well-Known Member

    Welcome! Lovely piece. :)
     
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