Featured Queen Anne Stand

Here's another stand I have a question about. Wondering what the experts think of the oxidation on the underside of the top?

 

it's sweetness......
poor thing though.....looks like it had a plant on it that leaked.....for years..

 

...and years!

And, the oxidation seems rather much, unless something peculiar had been kept in that drawer...?

 

I'm referring to the underside of the top possibly having some work done because lack of oxidation.

 

In the 5th picture, the grain on the underside seems like it may run counter to the boards that make up the top's substrate. If so, it was probably added.

 

I believe so looking closer. The top substrate is made up of several joined boards and cracks have formed in the veneer on top. I think someone added a board to reinforce the top. I wonder if it would be worth restoring the surfaces of this piece, or if these additions put a low ceiling on value as my friend seems to think.

 

I don't think period QA, more likely 19th century.

 

Doesn't look right for a period piece. I'm not bothered by the missing veneer except it looks too thin which indicates it is mid 19th century or later. Also the screws are not 18th century, the patch in the back doesn't make sense (making it look like it was put together using old wood), the drawer bottom (oak indicating English) is not correct so if this is an old piece it would have to be a wholesale replacement, foot pads are too small and legs too straight, carving too crude, etc. There was a lot of this bench-made-to-look-old furniture around the turn of the century into the beginning of the 20th, so I would guess that is when this was made, possibly put together using some old parts. Probably in England where there was an industry supplying Americans with "ancestor" furniture.

 

Yeah, agrees with much above but the thing that really stands out to me is, the form. 4 leg stands were not built until the 1830s or so in America, they replaced 3 leg candlestands which were much to unstable to support a lamp filled with oil.