Does anyone know the possible age of this furniture?

gabyjane

Thanks for the replies.. Can anyone see the dovetail link?! Don't know why the photos not showing up.
Tbh I just like the look of it, it obviously looks (and smells) old but I'm certainly no furniture expert so wasn't sure if it was one of many.
If it's not worth keeping for any possibke future profit I'd remove the feet and make it lower, try and strip it down (not sure how as yet) and enhance the pattern on the front
I didn't wan tto ruin a good piece of furniture though!

Jackmydad

gabyjane wrote: »

Thanks for the replies.. Can anyone see the dovetail link?! Don't know why the photos not showing up.
Tbh I just like the look of it, it obviously looks (and smells) old but I'm certainly no furniture expert so wasn't sure if it was one of many.
If it's not worth keeping for any possibke future profit I'd remove the feet and make it lower, try and strip it down (not sure how as yet) and enhance the pattern on the front
I didn't wan tto ruin a good piece of furniture though!

Yes I can see it. See my post above about the dovetails.

daveyjp

It is probably worth more chopped up and sold as kindling.

phill99

It isn't worth anymore than you paid for it. Not popular at the moment. But its a decent piece of furniture and will probably last lot longer than its IKEA equivalent!!!


Not dissimilar to this piece


https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&id=5D8240FBF63220EB46024AE768CD0DEFFF3EB23A&thid=OIP.o4Q3TnrrJZVO8ikdeY8qFwHaEK&mediaurl=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.antiquesatlas.com%2Fdealer-stock-images%2Ferasofstyle%2FAntique_1920s_Oak_Sideboard_as126a3847z.jpg&exph=563&expw=1000&q=1920%27s+oak+sideboards+&selectedindex=2&ajaxhist=0&vt=0&eim=0

Working_Mum

It's very MS and environmentally friendly to re-use and re-vamp older pieces of furniture.

It is your taste which is the important thing - can you see it working in your home and being used and loved?? If so £13 is a bargain - we are not looking a Chippendale piece are we? It's something which owes you nothing and you can have fun with!

poppellerant

I'm surprised nobody has told you to keep it away from that radiator yet. :eek:

need_an_answer

I think its called utility furniture,that type of thing was produced reasonably cheaply during and just after the war ...so I believe its 1940s

Its not in fashion so it probably is worth what you want it to be worth...if you paid £13 for it and you like it and have a use for it that's all that matters.

Diana2014

I'd say that it was pre-WWII, not utility furniture -because of the decoration, mainly.

If it was French polished and hasn't been given a coat of modern varnish, the best way to get the old finish off without damaging the wood is to use methylated spirits and fine wire wool,always working along the grain of the wood. It's a smelly and rather dirty job, best done outside (or in a garage) but one ends up with a really good finish, as the wire wool burnishes the surface.

Then refinish it with boiled linseed oil, warmed and rubbed in lavishly, to feed the dry wood, with a coat of wax after that if you want a more polished effect. Don't use modern varnish on old furniture, whatever you do; it doesn't last nearly as well and is nasty to remove.

There's great and detailed advice on refinishing old furniture in Jocasta Innes's "The Pauper's Homemaking Book"; I recommend it.

Jackmydad

No, I don't think it's utility furniture either.
The piece shown here is typical of that which I've seen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_furniture
Also it will probably have the "Utility Mark" somewhere
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CC41
I think that utility furniture is collectable.

EssexExile

Jackmydad wrote: »

I think that utility furniture is collectable.

Not if it's in the state ours is in!