Featured Bassett chest, looking for info

Hello,
As I said in my intro post, I recently inherited a Bassett chest from my grandmother. Here is what I know about it...
- It was in the house that my grandparents bought just after WWII, around 1946 or so.
- Both of my dad's sisters used it, as well as the matching vanity. (My mother has the vanity & stool).
- It has had some repairs done over the years. (The front of the upper large drawer is on upside down. That will eventually get fixed)
- All of the drawer pulls on this have been replaced. Mom's vanity only has one original pull left. The younger of my two aunts said that it was original.
- Some (most) of the beadwork is missing. There are still several of the original wire brads remaining in one of the drawer fronts that used to fasten them.

Does anyone have an idea when this was made?
I am looking for original, or at least close to original, drawer pulls for this as well as mom's vanity.

 

1920s. The pull does look original. You should be able to get similar pulls in sets on ebay. Otherwise, reproductions are available.

 

Thanks, Brad. So it was already 'just an old piece of furniture' when my grandparents bought the house. That's good to know. I have done a little bit of searching for the pulls, but have not found anything close to the original. Where would be a good place to look, other than ebay? I will set up a search notification on ebay in the meantime.
-Dave

 

For anyone who might be interested, below is a link to an article in The New Yorker giving the history of the Bassett Furniture company from its beginnings to . . . .

https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-decline-of-an-american-furniture-maker

 

Here is a link to one source for reproduction drop-pulls. The first several are for older styles but scroll down to see some more appropriate for your piece. This is just one source I found through a search and need to mention that I have no affiliation or dealings with this company.

https://www.houseofantiquehardware.com/drop-pulls

 

Yeah, I found them, too. They have some beautiful stuff. I like their beaded drop pull, and the beaded ring pull. I think either one of them would look good on this chest.

Ring pull:
https://www.houseofantiquehardware.com/beaded-round-single-post-pull-1-5-7-inch-diameter

Drop pull:
https://www.houseofantiquehardware.com/beaded-ring-pendant-pull?sc=11&category=96

I think the base on the drop may be too small to cover where the base of the originals was.

Another place, D. Lawless Wholesale has some very nice stuff, too, but nothing like my original.
https://www.dlawlesshardware.com/ring-pulls.html

I'd really love to find some like the originals, though.

 

you also might check Restoration Hardware to see what they have.
https://www.google.com/search?q=res...j0j69i65l3.12168j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

Originals will be hard, especially finding more than 9 matching originals. The ones you found are kind of expensive by the time you buy more than 10 of them. Here's a link to an ebay seller that seems to have compatible repro's at $4 each that seems to me to be a closer match: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antiqued-S...182194?hash=item59031adfb2:g:2AoAAOSwi49bK~Oy

 

Jeff, thanks for the link. That's a nice looking pull. We actually need a total of 16 pulls. 10 for my chest, and 6 for mom's vanity. The trick is going to be finding pulls that match the furniture that both of us like since these pieces are a matched set. Eventually the vanity will be mine as well, though I'm not looking forward to that day...
We both like this drop pull:
https://www.houseofantiquehardware.com/antique-hardware-flower-pendant-drop-pull?sc=11&category=96
Two things work against it, though. It's too long for the small drawers on my chest, and the center drawer in mom's vanity. The base is also too small to cover the marks left behind from the original pulls. The one you linked seems to cover both of those issues. Now to see if she likes it...

 

Good luck. If you decide to go for it, I would ask the seller a question first. Ask for a price for 16 at once, and to of course combine shipping. I would start at about half the full price and see where it goes..

 

It's very nice of you to take the time to help in the search for pulls, @Jeff Drum .

 

I got my hardware in the other day. I ordered enough of the larger pulls to do my top drawers as well, but wanted to see how the smaller round pulls looked. I also took a pic of mom's vanity with the new hardware as well. The mirror is there, but not seen in the picture. I'll get a pic of that once we get it in the house.

 

Looks good!

 

Looks great, albeit a bit shiny. I am sure that a bit of time will take care of that.

 

The new pulls look good, as do the furniture pieces.