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  1. barak

    barak New Member

    hi
    Any ideas on this old furniture ?
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  2. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    Welcome to the board.
    Measurements would help.
    Also a picture of the inside of the drawer. Does it look like file folders might fit inside?
     
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  3. Ghopper1924

    Ghopper1924 Well-Known Member

    Like it! I've seen many 1920s Deco-era bedroom sets with similar features.

    Oh, and tell me....Barak....are you recently (as of last November) unemployed? :angelic::happy:
     
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  4. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Maybe older. Reminds me a bit of Carlo Bugatti furniture, with those Orientalist arches, just not as ott.
    Maybe he has taken up furniture restoring?
     
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  5. James Conrad

    James Conrad Well-Known Member

    Went after one his small tables once upon a time although i didn't know it was him & neither did auction house, it was marked as "victorian" which, technically i guess you could call it that. Cool guy, cool furniture & yes, i was blown away at that sale, small end table went for something like 13k so SOMEBODY knew who he was & knew his furniture.
     
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  6. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Yes, he was, and I love his designs.
    He was the father of fabulous sculptor Rembrandt Bugatti and of course Ettore, of Bugatti car fame. Amazing family.
     
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  7. James Conrad

    James Conrad Well-Known Member

    Yes, he was, and I love his designs.

    Me too, very cool furniture, a quick google brings up alot of his stuff
    A Copper-Mounted, Metal-Inlaid, Bone, Leather, Calf-Skin, and Ebonised Mahogany Table

    By Carlo Bugatti, circa 1900



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  8. aaroncab

    aaroncab in veritate victoria

    That is gorgeous!
     
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  9. James Conrad

    James Conrad Well-Known Member

    Yeah, is. Although his sons/grandsons stole most of the Bugatti thunder with cars during the 20th century, the old man still had IT! whatever IT is, Carlo had it in spades.
    He worked 3 or 4 different elements into designs with inlaid metal/bone etc and the asian/oriental influence is very distinctive.
     
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  10. aaroncab

    aaroncab in veritate victoria

    Something was nagging me that I'd seen a piece of his somewhere before - then I remembered - at the VMFA:

    https://vmfa.museum/collections/art/chair-2/
     
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  11. Ghopper1924

    Ghopper1924 Well-Known Member

    Love that Bugatti table.
     
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  12. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    OP's piece is 1920s bedroom furniture. Likely a nightstand but need dimensions to confirm.
     
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  13. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

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  14. James Conrad

    James Conrad Well-Known Member

    Could be but it looks pretty tall in photo, obviously something was attached though.
     
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