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We're finally getting round to reorganising our house and reluctantly need to sell a full set of antique pine bedroom furniture, as follows: single wardrobe, chest of five drawers, blanket box and shoe rack (original antiques), five shelf enclosed boook case (remade antique wood), plus two modern varnished pine framed mirrors. We're hoping they will find a good home from amongst the Forum readers!


May be divided (discounted if sold as complete set); buyer collects.


Dimensions, prices and pictures are all on attached PDF.


More detailed pictures of all items available by e-mail or text ? please supply contact details by PM.

I'm not a qualified person to judge but antique in my vocabulary means old (..er than me) this doesn't look like an antique collection to me ...

Am I the only one in here who will say that this looks to new to be called antique?

I've got a 10 year old watch but I'm not calling it tatb

It is often difficult to see from photographs how old a piece of furniture is, but since all the people who have shown an interest have been invited to view the pieces, they'll be able to make their own judgement on each before they arrive at a decision. Three of the items have been in our ownership for 45 years and were considered old, outdated and unattractive by our parents back then.


Pine, commonly called Deal, was a cheap and readily worked timber used for functional furniture in less well off households and not highly decorated. Much of the raw material was imported via the old Surrey Docks and came from Canada and Russia. The old timber trade is commemorated in the road name 'Deal Porters Way' which runs over the site of the old Canada Docks and the wood often made its way along the Grand Surrey Canal and ended up at timber merchants such as Whittens, in Peckham, originally sited on the canal for ease of transportation.




southeastelectric Wrote:

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> I'm not a qualified person to judge but antique in

> my vocabulary means old (..er than me) this

> doesn't look like an antique collection to me ...

>

> Am I the only one in here who will say that this

> looks to new to be called antique?

> I've got a 10 year old watch but I'm not calling

> it tatb

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