Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Haaaaaaaaa, they don't really know the origin of this form table and why it's called "cricket" or if it has any relationship to...
Hmmm, looks like an 18th-century cricket table to me. It's old I think, the heavy thick stock on aprons/skirt and I am guessing top has wood pins...
Hmmm, I dunno about this desk but, here in the USA desks of any era have taken a MASSIVE hit in prices. Not sure why that is exactly but suspect...
Sees it but i don't really know, it isn't in my area of interest. Guesses late 19th century - early 20th.
Well, I don't really know what this stand was used for, my best guess, ladies stand of some sort because of the lock but, doesn't look like a...
No photo of back either which is kinda important.
I am betting it was originally like this but somewhere along the way, it lost its base & got "married". From the Harp Gallery...
Yep, is Charlotte is called the Queen City because it was named for King George III of Great Britain's wife, Queen Charlotte of...
Yeah, I would guess this is a marriage, the top & bottom seem associated to me.
Yes, it IS confusing, no doubt! George 1,2&3 comprised the entire 18th century in English furniture, Georgian furniture. Here it's William & Mary,...
What's the drama here, what are you trying to say?:confused::eek::oops:
I think he was referring to the comic satire magazine MAD, you know, Alfred E Newman "What, me worry".
Colt was a pretty smart guy, he planted French willow ( a method he picked up in Holland) on his dike to prevent flood damage to his Arms factory,...
On MAD recently, I had no clue Colt was involved with wicker furniture and, very high-quality wicker at that! "Most people know that Samuel Colt...
Yes, the feet are Queen Anne in America, George I in England where they named furniture styles after kings, Americans obviously didn't do that....
Assuming no extra hole in drawer face, remove a pull and look to see if any "witness mark" (impression in the wood of another pull).
The drawer pulls are Hepplewhite, little doubt about that, and if original to the chest I'd guess English as well.
Good point! Which means, I have no clue what you guys did with these 4 leg stands! I assume oil lamps in large part but, why the lock? Very few...
Yeah, OK! think I'll just quietly move on to the next thread!:oops:
let me try this, limited pic size here Click to enlarge, BETTER! detail on carving [ATTACH]
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