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My son found this in a house that they did an eviction on. He brought it to me because I do furniture restoration as a hobby. I have searched every corner of the internet and even contacted Ethan Allen. I cant find even one photo that looks anything like it at all. Ethan Allen said the following:
"It appears based on the number stamped on the piece, the item number was 10-2564. This is from our discontinued Heirloom collection. Unfortunately, due to the age of the table, all the information has been purged from our system and is no longer available."
Sine they say "due to the age of the table" I can only assume it is fairly old. I have no idea if this table is a rare find or just junk. I'm good either way, I just want to do the piece justice.
Does anyone have any idea where I can actually find original photos or any info on it at all?
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Nothing made by Ethan Allen is a valuable collectible. It's just old production furniture, worth what the garage sale will bring.
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drcollie
Nothing made by Ethan Allen is a valuable collectible. It's just old production furniture, worth what the garage sale will bring.
Ok, Thanks for the help. Again, I was mostly just trying to find out the year it was made and a bit more info about it.
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Understand. No one really tracks utility-class production furniture as there is no value in it, so it has no following. If the maker can't help you, then they don't care enough to track it either!
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Hi, I am having a similar issue and I have no clue as to how to start my own forum :D So i'll start here.
I have a piece of furniture and I am trying to decide what it is, whether it's worth something or whether I should just throw it in the trash. I could be wrong but the brass locks seem to be hand carved. It reminds me of a church antique.
Can you please offer your insight on this?
And again I am truly sorry for posting on this thread.
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Interesting. It does like you describe. I know sometimes the back and the interior joinery, how it is held together, and any nails or screws used can date a piece, so if you have more photos of that it might help someone to date it.
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Brass is cast, not carved. That's probably something you would give away for free, glad to have someone haul it away. Dark wood, "heavy" appearing pieces are absolutely out-of-favor these days for residential use. It has ornate carvings on it, probably 1800's - late - European. You could try an auction house and see if they will take it and try to sell it.
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Do you have any idea of what that W with the line above stands for?