Yeah, the bottom has dropped out of the desk market, kinda like dining room furniture. Still, if you need one, a good time to buy.
I'd say the damage has been done somewhere along the way, it got wet, left out in the rain, the glue used to join the top boards together failed,...
Well, you could do that but I doubt it would last. Veneer is tricky mostly because the substrate is damaged, in your case, the multi-board top...
I don't know but I would guess, genuine pieces of this period furniture would be considered the "Holy Grail" among early furniture collectors in...
LOL, even the later copies made from reclaimed timber, they are not exactly giving them away. https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22695/lot/222/ "In...
https://www.marhamchurchantiques.com/antique/henry-viii-oak-carved-food-cupboard/ LOL, Here is the link, dealer in Devon. Somehow I doubt you...
OTOH, wood being organic & perishable, if you go back a bit in time to the late medieval period, early European furniture can get pricey in a...
Yes, Knapp joint dates it to 1870-1900 and Eastlake style dresser. Hmmmm, I think the 2 glove boxes and top rail have been added? The base of the...
Yes, English being the keyword there price-wise. The population of America in 1700 was about 250,000 people, in the UK about 8 million. So the...
This is an english draw leaf table isn't it? Often called "pub" tables here, these were hot once upon a time with city apartment dwellers and sold...
Well, I am guessing no photos are coming or issues getting them here?
These/yours are formal dining room chairs which are not doing well these days in the market as formal dining rooms are getting to be endangered...
And another, set of 8, very similar seats/ covers, 1930s sold for $1450....
They are Empire-style dining side chairs, probably 20th century. Here is a similar set of 6, 4 side & 2 armchairs at Chairish, sold for $729....
Wife may come to regret that decision down the road considering it was her grandmothers, surely there is somewhere in the house it could be stored.
Oh dear, one lounge chair about to go nite nite!:eek::hilarious:
By all means, let us see photographs. I don't think it's definitive though if backboards are vertical or horizontal.
Agree
Here is a period American W&M chest of drawers that I own, about 20 or so of these chests still exist. Riven oak with pine drawer...
Reinforce. It's a "modern" reproduction of an English 1690 ish chest (late 17th century), still, it could easily be antique or nearly so....
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