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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 10397656, member: 37"]30s or so is spot-on. Handles do appear to be bakelite. Condition is wonderful. Sometimes, the more streamlined furniture such as this is called <i>art moderne</i>. Would say this set is borderline.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, I have seen waterfall bedroom furniture made well into the late 40s. Had a mirror off one dated 1948, which was a surprise to me at the time. The later examples tend to be more gaudy, use faux veneers, and celluloid in the handles rather than bakelite.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 10397656, member: 37"]30s or so is spot-on. Handles do appear to be bakelite. Condition is wonderful. Sometimes, the more streamlined furniture such as this is called [I]art moderne[/I]. Would say this set is borderline. As an aside, I have seen waterfall bedroom furniture made well into the late 40s. Had a mirror off one dated 1948, which was a surprise to me at the time. The later examples tend to be more gaudy, use faux veneers, and celluloid in the handles rather than bakelite.[/QUOTE]
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