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Please help me ID this furniture set.
Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:02:41 GMT
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Dresden...
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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...
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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."
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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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