Can anyone tell me about this dresser please.
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This chest is fairly similar to yours and it sold for $90 @ auction:
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These are often referred to as a dressing table with a raised gallery (the two trinket drawers). It is a masculine looking piece so it was probably the gentleman's piece and the lady of the house may have had a matching vanity.
I believe it to be missing the drawers for the top two slots as (and maybe I have just never seen one that just had slots), the gallery part is typically drawers.
Is there a place on the back for a mirror? They usually also typically came with a mirror. A man's mirror was often a stationary mirror--maybe a swivel, but probably just a single stationary piece.
Are the keyholes real or decorative and if real, do you have the key and do they work? Do the locks have any info on them (either on the keyhole or the internal lock mechanism?
As to age, this style looks to be a 1950s piece--but I would have to look at the construction--like what do the connectors in the drawers look like (dovetail or nails or screws or pegs).
What is the back--real wood or particle board (which could make it a newer "repro piece"?
Are you asking to sell or just for more info?
Look under, behind and in the drawers for a makers mark. It will be easier to assess age and value if you have that.
Can't find one anywhere. Thank you.
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