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any antique dealers?? Need help identifying this "hutch"


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Just acquired this nice piece when I bought a building in town. Know nothing about furniture but hoping someone could fill me in. Thanks

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Truly old pieces are inconsistent in build. Look at the joints especially on the drawer. Are the dovetails or however its put together very uniform like a more modern day machine might make or inconsistent leaning more towards hand made. How about any carvings? Are they very smooth and uniform or do they look hand done. The best way to identify something is to first date it.
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Thanks for the input. I'll get more pics and details. Also inside the drawer on the right it is lined in I think leather.? Plus the drawers inside the drawer makes me think some sort of Secretary hutch?

 

The description I see most commonly associated with something like that is "Breakfront Secretary". Could aid you in your search.

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Looks like a French Provincial piece from the 50's/60s.

 

Which is pretty common. Not worth a whole ton. My grandmother loved this look. It was always handme down furntireu in my family.

 

Good luck with that price, i dont htink you will get anywhere near that. I dont say that to be rude, but i dont think its worth that much. Im lookign specificly for information about hte pineapple and have yet to find anything with it.

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Which is pretty common. Not worth a whole ton. My grandmother loved this look. It was always handme down furntireu in my family.

 

Good luck with that price, i dont htink you will get anywhere near that. I dont say that to be rude, but i dont think its worth that much. Im lookign specificly for information about hte pineapple and have yet to find anything with it.

 

I agree. If you were to see this at a live estate auction I am thinking 100-150. I could be wrong. I have been to hundreds of estate and antique auctions. If you ever were to go plain city auction house they have 2 separate auction rings going on at the same time. The front room has the antiques and the back room/2nd ring has the more modern items and this piece would have been placed there. Like I say this just my opinion. It never hurts to ask more and take offers.

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Which is pretty common. Not worth a whole ton. My grandmother loved this look. It was always handme down furntireu in my family.

 

Good luck with that price, i dont htink you will get anywhere near that. I dont say that to be rude, but i dont think its worth that much. Im lookign specificly for information about hte pineapple and have yet to find anything with it.

 

The Pineapple is just a piece of decoration used on a lot of things. Sometimes on the tops furniture and clocks they are called finials which is just a term for a decorative ornament usually made out of carved wood . The pineapple is known to be a symbol of welcome. You will find the pineapple on many things including at the ends of curtain rods, tops of bed post,etc.

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