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No. 001 · Dressers & Chests

Quarter-Sawn Oak Dresser

circa 1920s, American

No. 001 $425 One of one

Available Available now, and the only one there is.

Era
circa 1920s
Origin
American
Materials
Quarter-sawn white oak, original brass
Dimensions
40″ W × 20″ D × 44″ H102 × 51 × 112 cm
Condition
Fully restored
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The story

Found under a stack of moving blankets at an estate sale. Stripped of a bad 70s paint job, the original grain brought back with a hand-rubbed oil finish, and the drawer runners rebuilt so every drawer glides again. Original brass pulls, polished.

The tiger-stripe figure you see across the drawer fronts is the ray fleck of quarter-sawn oak. It was hiding under three coats of green paint.

What we did

  1. Stripped three layers of 1970s latex paint by hand
  2. Rebuilt the drawer runners and re-glued the drawer joints
  3. Raised the dents in the top with steam
  4. Hand-rubbed oil finish, then paste wax
  5. Original brass bail pulls cleaned and polished

Honest notes

A faint water ring is still visible on the top in raking light; we left it rather than sand through the old surface. The top drawer front has a slight, original bow. Small paint traces remain deep in the corner joints.

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