Who made this table?
February 20, 2012 9:29 AM Subscribe
Calling all furniture experts! Who made this hall table? Branding mark on back.
My girlfriend and I found this table on the street in NYC and we're wondering if anyone can identify it.
My girlfriend and I found this table on the street in NYC and we're wondering if anyone can identify it.
If you pull the drawers out, are there any marks on the underside or backs of them? I'm also curious if there's dovetailing in the construction or traces of paint anywhere on the sideboard. It looks vaguely Shaker to me, except for the drawer pulls.
Do you have, or could you take any pictures of the drawer construction (a side shot)?
posted by empyrean at 10:53 AM on February 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
Do you have, or could you take any pictures of the drawer construction (a side shot)?
posted by empyrean at 10:53 AM on February 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
Not a furniture expert but the knotty pine look was popular from the early sixties to mid 70s. The positioning of the knots in this price doesn't look very well thought out to me (causing the hole in the leading edge of the table), so my guess is that it came from a unfinished furniture warehouse store sometime in the mid-70s.
posted by bonobothegreat at 12:05 PM on February 20, 2012
posted by bonobothegreat at 12:05 PM on February 20, 2012
Response by poster: re: drawer construction:
Close-up of the handle.
View of the side and back.
View of the bottom.
Interior - note how the handles are attached from the inside -- just a couple of pieces of bent iron (?)
No markings that I see.
posted by ElCuadrangular at 12:27 PM on February 20, 2012
Close-up of the handle.
View of the side and back.
View of the bottom.
Interior - note how the handles are attached from the inside -- just a couple of pieces of bent iron (?)
No markings that I see.
posted by ElCuadrangular at 12:27 PM on February 20, 2012
Best answer: Not an expert but found this. Not sure if it is an exact match http://www.rusticfurnitureguide.com/Rustic_Furniture/Living_Room/Accent_Tables/Console_Sofa_Tables/CON01/
And on the older side I found this http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=612699
Think that type of table is called a sofa table.
posted by WickedPissah at 1:56 PM on February 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
And on the older side I found this http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=612699
Think that type of table is called a sofa table.
posted by WickedPissah at 1:56 PM on February 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Thanks everybody! That's more or less an exact match (the base is a little off, but it seems like ours was replaced with a thinner board).
posted by ElCuadrangular at 2:08 PM on February 20, 2012
posted by ElCuadrangular at 2:08 PM on February 20, 2012
The table has many characterists of pieces imported from Indonesia and elsewhere that are sometimes represented as antiques. I've seen drawer pulls fastened with the same simple bent wire attachments on modern faux antiques imports. It looks like pretty crude jointery, with simple butt joints instead of dove tail or other joints that a cabinet maker would use. All together it looks like it may have been built from salvaged wood and the brand on the post might have been on the wood before the table was built.
posted by X4ster at 2:17 PM on February 20, 2012
posted by X4ster at 2:17 PM on February 20, 2012
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posted by Sidhedevil at 10:34 AM on February 20, 2012