What style is thid dressing table?

Re: What style is thid dressing table?

David Miller from Iowa

>Can't say about furniture styles, but that cranker thing is probably for grinding engine valves. Rotates them back and forth in the seat with some grinding compound.

David

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Ernie Miller Topeka

>Is there a name for it? so I can check ebay to see if it is worth listing.

Is this it? *LINK*

David Miller from Iowa

>Lucky to get $5 out of it.


Ebay valve grinder

Re: Is this it?

Ernie Miller Topeka

>That's it guess they aren't worth the price of shipping?

Re: What style is thid dressing table?

Peter L Berglund in Denver

>Isn't it Victorian?

Re: What style is thid dressing table?

Rick Hoppe (Los Angeles)

>Ernie, I think Peter is right that it was produced in the Victorian era, probably right around the turn of the last century. It's probably British. Furniture styles in the Victorian period were often an amalgam of various historical styles. "Pure" Victorian furniture typically is very Baroque in nature with lots of decorative embellishments; curlicues and such.

The inlayed decoration on the front is in the British Arts and Crafts style but, the curved contours of the mirror frame are not in keeping with that style. So I think this is one of those late 19th C "amalgam" styles.

bad style? poor style?

Adam Cherubini, NJ

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Todd Hughes

>Sort of looks like somthing done in the 1920's after an earlier Eastlake style to me though hard to tell from the photo. Not a bad piece probably worth a few $100 if in good condition.....OH , sure the tool also is a valve grinder, most aren't worth much but I have sold the solid brass ones that look like a egg beater drill OK befor....Todd

Late Victorian, many styles, heres a few

Andrew F in Australia

>The feet are classic Commonwealth/Puritan as well as William And Mary style (late 1600's)

The reeding in the pilasters (for want of a better term) is common to middle/late Victorian times, the inlay work really came about like this in the start of Victorian times.

The pediment and skirt under the drawer pedestals is really Victorian in shape.

The bullnose moulding was common in Victorian times, but the castors really came into being about the turn of last century.

So, it's a bit of a dog's breakfast with regards to replication of a particular period in history.

Hope that I've answered your questions well enough here.

Cheers,

Andrew

Re: Late Victorian, many styles, heres a few

Mark Harrison -- in Sydney, Australia

>I have seen castors on quite a few mid-Victorian (1850-1880 to be pedantic) pieces so I'm not 100% sure about. My dining table is a notable example. It's dated c1850 and I'm reasonably certain the castors are original because the legs would have had to be re-turned to fit the castors. Well, or a heck of a lot of fussing including shortening the legs. My money's on the former. Otherwise I think you are correct.

Back to the piece in question... It's the feet that really jar. They just don't work with the rest of the piece to the point that I'm wondering if they are original. It would be interesting to get some more photos of this item.