Accurate Description of Item
One Oak Empire Revival Style Oak Buffet
Appraiser Remarks
Your Buffet dates from the turn of the 19th Century and is in what's referred to as
"Empire Revival style", the style getting its name from the fact these pieces are designed to resemble Empire styled pieces made during the first third of the 19th Century. The style was quite popular until the early years of the 20th Century and most Furniture companies produced a line of it, without a label of some sort it's impossible to determine a maker.
The original Empire style tended to make heavy use of mahogany and mahogany veneers, "C" and "S" curves, heavy legs and carved paw or claw feet. The Revival pieces like this one were often constructed of oak, finished in a honey brown we now generically refer to as "Golden Oak. In the current market comparable oak buffets have a replacement value in the $600.00- $800.00 range.
"Empire Revival style", the style getting its name from the fact these pieces are designed to resemble Empire styled pieces made during the first third of the 19th Century. The style was quite popular until the early years of the 20th Century and most Furniture companies produced a line of it, without a label of some sort it's impossible to determine a maker.
The original Empire style tended to make heavy use of mahogany and mahogany veneers, "C" and "S" curves, heavy legs and carved paw or claw feet. The Revival pieces like this one were often constructed of oak, finished in a honey brown we now generically refer to as "Golden Oak. In the current market comparable oak buffets have a replacement value in the $600.00- $800.00 range.
Estimated Value
$600.00- $800.00
Re: Turn of the 19th Century Buffet
One Oak Empire Revival Style Oak Buffet
Your Buffet dates from the turn of the 19th Century and is in what's referred to as
"Empire Revival style", the style getting its name from the fact these pieces are designed to resemble Empire styled pieces made during the first third of the 19th Century. The style was quite popular until the early years of the 20th Century and most Furniture companies produced a line of it, without a label of some sort it's impossible to determine a maker.
The original Empire style tended to make heavy use of mahogany and mahogany veneers, "C" and "S" curves, heavy legs and carved paw or claw feet. The Revival pieces like this one were often constructed of oak, finished in a honey brown we now generically refer to as "Golden Oak. In the current market comparable oak buffets have a replacement value in the $600.00- $800.00 range.