Asked on Jul 08, 2014
Can anyone tell me anything about this piece of furniture
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Debra
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I picked up this desk if you will but there is no maker or marks that I can find to tell me what year it is from or what it actually is. I appreciate any information that anyone can offer.
It looks like a desk to me
This opens but doesn't stay open
This also opens and has some small compartments
Perhaps it is a drawing board?
11 answers
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Looks like a desk
266335
on Jul 08, 2014
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Desk before the 60's
Funnygirl
on Jul 08, 2014
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It appears to be a Drafting Table from the 1960s - My brothers worked on similar ones in High School.
Jennifer G
on Jul 08, 2014
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@Debra i googled and found similars called school desk or clerks desk the top part was usually then attched to a stand, the words old, vintage,or antigue were in front of everyone of them, if i were you i would take it to a local antique shop to see if you have found a treasure xx
Chris aka monkey
on Jul 08, 2014
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Thanks for the answers, but I'm still hoping for more ideas. I also googled it and found it called a school desk, railroad desk, with the word primative, It is a slanted front al well. I am still looking and hope to find an answer.
Debra
on Jul 08, 2014
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Nice Looking piece of furniture. I sorta believe it was someones idea for their specific needs.
Drcronan
on Jul 08, 2014
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I also was thinking that maybe someone made it for themselves
Debra
on Jul 08, 2014
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OK so now we think we know what it is so here is my next question. I paint and refinish distressed furniture to save it from the land fill. So are there any idea's as to what I should do with this desk? I sell my furniture at a flea market so I need it to be something that I would be able to sell
Debra
on Jul 09, 2014
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Sell it as a desk, many parents look for these for thier teens...or as a piano stool...good luck
GIADA S
on Jul 09, 2014
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A good desk for home schoolers... It looks just like some of the desks I went through google and saw..except they had the seats attached. Alot of the desk tops were like yours..slanted and had both sides open. One part would be for pens and rulers..etc and the other for books I expect.
Terra Gazelle
on Dec 28, 2014
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we had those in all our schools years ago, they changed to tables and chairs in the late 60's.
Jayne Hall-Pennington
on Jan 19, 2015
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