Accurate Description of Item
One Bow Front China Cabinet
Appraiser Remarks
Your Oak Bowfront is in the Empire Revival style which was popular during the turn of the 19th Century. The Empire Revival types made 1895-1915 tend to be copies of later Empire furniture, notably "Pillar & Scroll" pieces from John Hall's 1840 book "The Cabinet Maker's Assistant" which contained 198 plates of furniture designs consisting of mainly single and double "C & S" shaped scrolls and simple pedestal columns. The reproductions were close copies in many ways, but were for the most part entirely factory made with machine cut joints. Instead of figured mahogany veneer over pine or basswood cases, chairs and cabinet pieces were mainly made of birch, gumwood or maple with deep red /brown mahogany dye stain. Later examples like this one were made out of oak finished in a medium brown shade now called 'Golden Oak'
We'd retail one like this in the $600.00- $800.00 range, but they often go at auction in the $300.00- $400.00 range.
We'd retail one like this in the $600.00- $800.00 range, but they often go at auction in the $300.00- $400.00 range.
Estimated Value
$600.00- $800.00
Re: 1850-1920 antique
One Bow Front China Cabinet
Your Oak Bowfront is in the Empire Revival style which was popular during the turn of the 19th Century. The Empire Revival types made 1895-1915 tend to be copies of later Empire furniture, notably "Pillar & Scroll" pieces from John Hall's 1840 book "The Cabinet Maker's Assistant" which contained 198 plates of furniture designs consisting of mainly single and double "C & S" shaped scrolls and simple pedestal columns. The reproductions were close copies in many ways, but were for the most part entirely factory made with machine cut joints. Instead of figured mahogany veneer over pine or basswood cases, chairs and cabinet pieces were mainly made of birch, gumwood or maple with deep red /brown mahogany dye stain. Later examples like this one were made out of oak finished in a medium brown shade now called 'Golden Oak'
We'd retail one like this in the $600.00- $800.00 range, but they often go at auction in the $300.00- $400.00 range.