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Please help me ID this furniture set.



Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:02:41 GMT rec.antiques
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Dresden...
Hi there, I just brought this parlor set home today.
I had been stalking it for 3 months, and it is finally mine! Yay!

Looks like rosewood, inlaid with a lighter wood and mother of pearl.
Kinda looks Empire, but I can't find anything that looks like it on
either a web search or Ebay.

Ronnie McKinley...
The style is in the Regency/Empire taste, as to whether it's period or a
later "revival" piece (Edwardian or later) is difficult to say and IMO
would need further inspected in real life to confirm the date/period. My
guess, it _isn't_ a period piece, at best maybe Edwardian and probably
not English more likely American (or other import). A bit heavy and
thick for an English piece, slightly ill-proportioned, especially the chair.

Either way, that upholstery (drylon fabric covering) is the pits,
absolutely dire. I think a recovering job in an appropriate
Regency/Empire style fabric (or even a plain neutral contemporary
covering) would make a huge difference to the appearance and over all
appeal, provided you plan to keep the piece for yourself, if not and you
plan to resell, then leave it "as is."


Anybody recognize this gorgeous stuff?

(49kb, angled shot of the smaller one)

(41kb, angled shot of the bigger one)

(506kb, high-res frontal of the smaller one)

(465kb, high-res frontal of the bigger one)

Thanks all.

I have an 1861 rosewood square grand piano that this stuff matches, I am
thrilled to find it.

Just trying hard to *name* it and *date* it.

And I think I got a great deal on it, so not asking value, just ID.
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