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Help needed on antique dining room set

17 years ago

I have no idea how old my set is, or if it is worth something. Can someone help me out?!

Any information would be great, age, origin, anything?!

Thanks

Stern_7@sympatico.ca

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Comments (12)

  • 17 years ago

    Looks like the 1960's or 70's to me.....
    Worth anything? Sure it's good looking sturdy solid wood usable furniture....but it has no antique value. It's used furniture if you want to sell it..
    Linda C

  • 17 years ago

    Wow! 60's or 70's? I was told it was older than that! Can you tell me what helped you decide that?
    I am interested!

  • 17 years ago

    I can't second guess Linda, but I'm wondering if she didn't look at the overall impression the style of the hutch conveys. To me, it's the 'heaviness' or style of the bottom of the hutch. A little atypical of the styles one would find in older furniture, but very typical of the era she mentions. I have a stereo cabinet with a similar design from the seventies. But the pulls look older so.............I think it's just an atypical older piece and probably dates back pre 1950s. Or, there is a chance that the hutch isn't actually part of the original set. The table is hitting me as 30ish, as are the chair legs.

    I wouldn't be too quick to say it's a late piece without a closer look. Pictures are grand, but they just sometimes don't let you feel, smell, and poke around.

  • 17 years ago

    Apparently the hutch top and bottom were two separate pieces at one time. It was moved into a smaller house, so the pieces were put on top of each other. I will post some pics tomorrow of the underside of the table. It is pretty rough looking, in a good way!
    Thanks for your help!

  • 17 years ago

    The finish is a large part of what led me to the estimate of the 60's.
    The china has a very much Jacobean revival 30's look also the door and drawer arrangement and the pulls.
    And the legs and stretchers and the apron of the table has that look....but it's not typical.
    And then there's that very good, honey colored finish, very typical of the 60's.
    So unless there is evidence of it being refinished when you look at the bottom, I will stick by my original guess.
    What a shame that the bottom of the china closet was discarded and the buffet had the legs cut off, because it looks a little awkward to me.

    Thinking about this...I'll bet it is a 30's piece...modified to get rid of the legs and refinished to fit the times....but what a job to refinish that fret work on the doors!!
    Linda C

  • 17 years ago

    My impression was 1930s ... the bulbous legs, the Jacobethan look, and the fretwork seldom happen together.

    The finish is atypical - they are usually darker.

    Worth? Hard to answer. I'd be more willing to look at good vintage furniture than modern crap of the same price, but it's not a hidden $$$$$ treasure.

  • 17 years ago

    I thought it was 1930ish, and while it's nice, it's not a style that's greatly in demand, so $$ will depend on where you're located, what the local market will bear, etc.

  • 17 years ago

    I love 30s Jacobean. My parents had a dining set done of it. The old styles............if you hang on long enough, they come back in vogue. I thought that hutch didn't look right. What a shame they butchered the legs off the china cabinet, and I suspect they sawed off part or all of the legs on the sideboard, too to make it low enough to accommodate settign the china cabinet on top of it. So they took a traditional three piece set and turned it into two.

    The thing is those sorts of things often happen to 'old furniture' before it's hit the point of vintage and when it's gone, it's gone forever. It's still a nice set however. Actually the fancy work over the glass in the china cupboard isn't that hard to redo. It's held into place by what amounts to fancy quarter round. I've popped the quarter round off my china cupboard door and removed mine to clean it up and get at the glass.

  • 17 years ago

    Can anyone give me an idea of how much this set would likely be worth? I live in Ontario, Canada, and we would like to get something larger. Any ideas?
    Or should I hold onto it?

  • 17 years ago

    The issue with the china cupboard and sideboard being cut-down and stacked would seriously reduce it's appeal and worth to a lover of old furniture. New dining sets made of good wood are expensive, so a party who just wants a functional and pretty wooden set might offer more than someone who is into vintage furniture. If the set were in its original state I would feel more comfortable telling you what it might bring in my locality. But, it isn't.

  • 17 years ago

    Can you give me a ballpark amount to what you would pay for it? I just need a ballpark to know what to list it for. I don't want to sell it for a lot less than its worth.

  • 17 years ago

    In my opinion, your pieces are very hard to value. I do not feel the set has any "antique" value. Pretty much agree with Linda C. Two online venues you might check are Craigslist, and kijiji, to get some ideas of values.

    I presume at some juncture you purchased the pieces. That will tell you something of the value.

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