Does anyone know the possible age of this furniture?

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  • Jackmydad
    Jackmydad Posts: 9,186 Forumite
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    EssexExile wrote: »
    Not if it's in the state ours is in!
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    No, the one piece I have, a small fall front desk, has been in the workshop for the last 25 years.
    It's not ruined it, but nor has it done it any favours!
    Now I know someone who has a piece of arts and crafts in their garage. All oily!
    Good quality too. Might even be an important maker!
  • phill99
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    It isn't utility furniture. Utility furniture wouldn't have had decoration on it.
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  • gabyjane
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    poppellerant wrote: »
    I'm surprised nobody has told you to keep it away from that radiator yet. :eek:

    I only put it there to photograph, it's not near one nor are they on at this time of year!
  • Diana2014
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    It is indeed now regarded as 'vintage' and priced accordingly highly - which is rather a nonsense, given how valuers now downvalue much more intricate antiques as just being 'brown furniture'. (Not that that extends to the upmarket antiques trade, of course - just to valuers and people talking down what they don't want to have highly priced.)

    I bought a pair of basic utility chairs in a junk shop for only a tenner over 20 years ago. A few years back, I saw identical ones priced at over £50 each by some hipster design house. Go figure...!
  • gabyjane
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    So as an overall I can remove the legs?!
  • fewgroats
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    Why? It devalues it and makes it harder to move.
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  • Slinky
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    fewgroats wrote: »
    Why? It devalues it and makes it harder to move.


    It only cost £13! OP I suggest you do whatever makes you happy.
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  • Norman_Castle
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    gabyjane wrote: »
    So as an overall I can remove the legs?!

    Yes. Its 1930s production run furniture with pressed panels and varnished. It wasn't expensive when new and won't increase in value.
    You will never hear Fiona Bruce saying "If only she hadn't cut the legs off..."
  • gabyjane
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    fewgroats wrote: »
    Why? It devalues it and makes it harder to move.

    I meant the ball part, it will still have height
  • gabyjane
    gabyjane Posts: 3,541 Forumite
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    Well I'm sitting here quite deflated.. Have taken the unit apart, cleaned, sanded and prepped ready to paint.. But my last job of taking the feet off shows holes in them. . woodworm? �� there seemed to be some weird collections of dust when I cleaned it and this morning they're back.. This could be because it's been moved and unsettled but not sure.
    Anyone know what I can do if it is.. Can it be treated or should I hav eleft it at the recycling centre!
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