Tobey Hand made Furniture chest of drawers more info please

Can you help me learn more about this sumptuous piece of furniture? What is it? A dresser, a buffet or something else? When was it made? Should I polish the brass or leave the patina? I don’t have room for it. Where should I list it to reach those who would really appreciate it? Should I use restore a finish on it? Thank you in advance for your time and information.

 

I would consider it a dresser. Here is a clip from Antique Roadshow on Tobey Furniture https://www.pbs.org/video/antiques-roadshow-appraisal-tobey-furniture-company-card-table-ca-1900/

here is another thread on here regarding Tobey
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/tobey-furniture-company-desk-question.55834/

 

Leave the brass as is.

Debora

 

Welcome, Wonderingpath. Your thumbnails are too small to see your pictures at their best advantage. Perhaps you can upload larger versions (the limit is 1 MB almost 4 times larger than your thumbnails.) Knowing where you are will also help us to answer your "where to list" question.

 

It is a dresser. Restor-A-Finish should help this out a bit. I would leave the hardware alone unless excessively dirty. Then, clean only. Do not polish. I don't see anything particularly special about this. Tobey is better known for their Mission furniture. This just looks like nice used functional furniture to me. I would think a local sale warranted on some place like facebook marketplace.

 

Thank you for the clarifying questions! I enlarged the photos. I'm in Wisconsin - about 2 hours from Chicago. Because the area is well known for their arts and crafts houses I'm wondering if I should look for someone there.

What style is it? It's too clean lined to be arts & crafts but it's not boxy enough to be craftsman. How would I find someone who specialists in this era of furniture? Here are some examples of the more mission style pieces. https://www.acstickley.com/?s=tobey

From my research I've found Gustav Stickley worked at Tobey for a while and his early work was unsigned. They made furniture from 1856 - 1954. There are different versions of the Tobey makers mark. How do I date this mark?

 

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Thank you for the link to the other Tobey thread. It has an example of a different version of the Tobey makers mark.

 

Could be as early as teens-20s.