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    pohpoh Guest

    Default Identifying Furniture

    Hey there. I'm brand new around this site and I know little to nothing about furniture. This piece has been in my house ever since I was a child and have no idea what it is. I've been told by my mother that it's a mantel and by my father that it's a hutch, but I don't think it's either. I was wondering if anyone could definitively tell me what sort of furniture piece this is?

    Thanks to anyone.

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    pohpoh Guest

    Default What is this?

    Hey there. I'm brand new around this site and I know little to nothing about furniture. This piece has been in my house ever since I was a child and have no idea what it is. I've been told by my mother that it's a mantel and by my father that it's a hutch, but I don't think it's either. I was wondering if anyone could definitively tell me what sort of furniture piece this is?
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    Thanks to anyone.

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    Default Re: What is this?

    You've got to do better than that with photos...
    Duane Collie
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    pohpoh Guest

    Default Re: What is this?

    Really, was it not clear enough? Alright then. Here's something a bit bigger and brighter. Any ideas of exactly what it is, anyone?

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    Default Re: What is this?

    That's the top of an old bar.
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    pohpoh Guest

    Default Re: What is this?

    Quote Originally Posted by drcollie View Post
    That's the top of an old bar.
    Are you sure? How would it have been placed in a bar? These may seem like silly questions, sorry. I'd just like to know as much about it as possible before I decide to sell it. Also, how much should I sell it for?

    EDIT: Nevermind, I asked someone else and they told me that it's a mirrored hutch. I looked up images and they look similar to my piece. I looked up "old bar tops" and couldn't find anything even remotely close to it. Thanks anyways.
    Last edited by pohpoh; 05-15-2013 at 12:19 PM.

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    needstuff Guest

    Default Re: What is this?

    I'm not sure these two are necessarily inconsistent.
    As I understand it, a "hutch" is a piece that goes on top of a base cabinet of some sort.
    So it absolutely looks reasonable to me that this is a mirrored hutch.

    Then the question is, what would one do with such a mirrored hutch? Where would it be used?
    It seems absolutely reasonable to me that this would be used as the top part of a bar counter, to house the alcohol bottles.
    It looks like the counter top of many a bar I've seen.

    Of course it depends on the dimensions. And back in the day, there may have been other uses for such a hutch. I guess it could have been used behind the counter of a different type of shop to house their products: a perfume counter, a candy store counter, etc. Maybe.

    Maybe they also used this type of thing in bedrooms, as a rather oversized (to say the least) vanity mirror? Or in living rooms? For what I don't know. They put mirrors over fireplaces a lot back in the day, but I don't see how this would get there.

    If someone finds out how they used those things I'd be curious to know.

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    MRSSQRDAWAY Guest

    Default Re: What is this?

    Back in the sixties, "triple dresser" for bedrooms was popular. This is an example of the top that went over the drawer base.

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