LOL, YEAH! When are you guys gonna learn to speak English? Like fish & chips..... chips? really? They are FRENCH FRIES!:p:hilarious:
Well yeah, for $17 you did well I'd say. "Period" in antique furniture means built during a particular period of time, in Phyfe's case, late 18th...
No, it isn't if you mean was it built in Phyfe's shop in NYC in the 1st quarter 19th century. Your drop leaf is a 20th-century DP revival piece
England / UK as well refers to "timber" as wood, Americans on the other hand think of timber as a forest. Or, as GB Shaw once said "George Bernard...
I think you will do much better than the LiveAuctioneers table last month, which is a rather plain jane table compared to yours plus it had no...
Oct. 1936 print Furniture Advertisement put out by B&G, on Etsy Notices the federal style dining suite...
Yeah, and they started running into trouble biz wise in the 1st quarter of the 20th & declared bankruptcy in 1931, reopened in 1935, and bankrupt...
Agreed, guesses 1920s- 1940s. A quicky search on Liveauctioneers brought this one up, a very similar label, carriage bolts & feet. Sold on 8 bids...
Good idea! formal dining rooms are becoming extinct in many locations due to the "open" concept in design fashion these days which puts dining...
Yes, I have seen a few US House of Representatives chairs for sale from time to time, can't recall desks although pretty sure there have been some.
Now here we have an example of a John Adams era baize writing surface, the portable desk TJ used to write the declaration of independence in 1776....
Nope, victorian era, 1870 or so, davenport desk that was passed in N.O. auction last year. Posted it in pushing for a baize writing surface!:p...
Betting Baize originally plus gives you a chance to install a new surface. Traditionally baize was installed with "flour paste" but i hear modern...
Yeah, what I was thinking, a replaced writing surface is kind of a must & it doesn't devalue the piece. On the next one, I vote for 100% Merino...
Wonders if that writing surface is original, the color seems odd, is it leather? Would expect a green Baize-type surface.
Yeah, has a piece or 2 like that, not comfy at all but, pretty to look at.:happy: Yes, it is always a plus getting an original label, it doesn't...
Not a clue on value but in New Orleans or Cape May in NJ it would probably do well. Congrats on your new piece, shades of Herter with that figured...
Not much, guesses $100 or so. Wait for others to post, I could be wrong about that, not in my area of interest. The style is classical/empire...
Indeed, and they were doing this 6000 years ago? UNREAL! plus, it's still being done today.:singing: Sometimes, the long way home is the best way...
About that "lost wax casting" thingy, it's been around for 6000 years so an ancient invention, kind of remarkable considering the complexity and...
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