Empire style....And I think the owner is right on with the style and the time frame.
Price sounds good for both pieces.
I would guess they were made post civil war but pre 1900...
That overhanging rounded drawer on top and the heavy leg dates them as to style and era.
I have beveled mirrors that I KNOW are about 1870 because they are family pieces....
Do some research on furniture styles and you will feel more comfortable.
And, of course the fairness of the price depends on condition.....but they look good.....but it's only a picture!
Linda C

Thanks, Linda. Dumb question: *where* do I do the research on furniture styles? (I wasn't clear enough about this in my original post, but that's part of what I was hoping to glean from the nice people here.) Thanks.

I would guess they are from the age of golden oak, 1895-1915.
Casey

Walkin....start by googling images and victorian furniture.....then go to colonial furniture....then empire....then Jacobean revival....
That's a bare beginning...
I am sure your library has books on some thing like "
furniture styles through the ages" or "antique furniture".
And museums are wonderful....today I was at a museum that had a pair of Pier mirrors purported to be from Blenheim Castle and to date from about 1750.....and the glass was beveled and original!
Linda C

I would agree with Linda, except for the price. Furniture has been a hard sell for several years and the current state of the economy has made it worse. As for bevels, I too have an extravagant mid-Victorian chest of drawers topped by a rather large bevelled mirror that is original to the piece. Bevelled mirrors were probably more expensive and saved for better pieces which is why you do not see them often. It is also less expensive to replace damaged mirrors in older pieces with ordinary flat mirror.

A very good book for overall coverage (7'000 photos) is "The Antiques Directory, Furniture" by editors Judith and Martin Miller and John Bly. Your library might have it, or Amazon.

Let us know if you get them!
B

For American furniture, Good Better Best can't be beat.

Here is a link that might be useful: The New Fine Points of Furniture: Early American: The Good, Better, Best, Superior, Masterpiece

Walking yesindeed please except my apology for making that comment about beveled mirrors. I had never seen any pieces that were beveled should of been my comment.

These people over here know way more than I do when it comes to antique's. Again I am sorry for making such a comment and putting foot in mouth.

....Jane