It is in good shape, but the top looked like it may have been det by window and was lighter than the legs. It is solid wood and I got it from an estate sale of a woman I knew when I was young girl.
It has a metal claw on eachy foot, but no ball, just cut at end of table foot so the metal claw is just aniled on with small nails on each side. It has swing-out legs from underneath the table top and it is about 3 ft.
Drexel heritage furniture numbers how to#
How to find manufacture date for Drexel furniture? I bought a small -old I think it is a coffee table. Therefore, an item built with these materials cannot be dated as an authentic piece before Educate yourself about the historical periods of furniture-making using a history book with plenty of pictures.Įxamples are Chippendale mid-to-late sEmpire to and Victorian to Your antique may be easily identified as belonging in one specific period by the style of the piece. For example, screws were rarely used in furniture before and the circular saw did not exist until after that date. Nails, screws and saws of different types and shapes came into use at different points in history. Look at the hardware used in the furniture. See the Resources section below for a link. Use a chart such as Biddington's to look up the number you find to see if it corresponds with a year. Starting in the nineteenth century, ranges of numbers were assigned to each year's new patents. Examine your furniture for markings or labels that identify the manufacturer, or a lot or patent number. Thanks to anyone that has information about this. What do stamped numbers mean on antique furniture? I have an end table with "" stamped in white under the shelf, and a three drawer dressed stamped with "" in black on the back.
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