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JustinSprung
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30/12/2013 3:27 am  

I've looked it over completely and there are zero makers marks. The drawer fronts are solid with very nice dovetail joints. There is no particle or fiber board in the construction. the drawer glides are wood. the top drawer is felt lined. looks to be very solid and a good quality piece. And the back is finished.
Its not my favorite piece by a mile, but for $40 I thought it was worth it.
Any info as to maker? Sorry about the poor picture.
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JustinSprung
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30/12/2013 3:28 am  

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the entire front slightly bows forward. drawers in the center and the sliding doors reveal shelving.


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30/12/2013 4:40 am  

Forty dollars !
Hell, there's $40 worth of firewood there. Instead of firewood, you see a lovely piece of well-made furniture. Miracles do occur . . .


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JustinSprung
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30/12/2013 4:47 am  

ok? I guess I don't get it.
ok? I guess I don't get it.


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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30/12/2013 6:25 am  

Oh I am sure there is...
Oh I am sure there is particle board lurking just beneath the veneer. The things that lurk in the hearts of men, and their credenzas.
But I am drawn to this business of seeing miracles in firewood. I wonder where do they preach this religion? Maybe in the scandinavian furniture warehouses of yesterday, the thrift stores of today, and the mid-mod boutiques of tomorrow. Better living through designer transubstantiation. What a thought! "Miraculous" hardly does it justice.
And to think you would light the pyre only to warm your fingers, even in jest, SDR, when there is so much more.


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30/12/2013 7:32 am  

Did you look inside all the drawers for marks?
Sometimes there's a label or incised mark on the inside surface of the side of a drawer.
It's a useful piece of furniture for $40 but the plinth base indicates that it's a lower end design and probably not terribly old.
I wonder, did D-Scan of Thailand make sideboards? I've seen lots of Thailand-made teak chairs in the Danish style but haven't noticed sideboards.
It looks like something Scan would have sold in the recent past, before they folded.


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30/12/2013 9:02 am  

Since when does a plinth...
Since when does a plinth base indicate a piece of furniture is 'low end'?
I own a Børge Mogensen rosewood wall unit with a plinth base that was made in 1947 and is beautifully crafted. Definitely not a low end piece of furniture.
JustinSprung, look into Skovby as it looks like something they might have manufactured.


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30/12/2013 3:32 pm  

I agree: Skovby
nice piece


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Spanky
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30/12/2013 6:06 pm  

foxxxxy
Sorry, I should have said that it's *often* an indicator of low-end design.
A lot of later Danish-style furniture was made with plinth bases to save on manufacturing costs. But like anything else, there are always exceptions to the generalization.


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JustinSprung
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30/12/2013 8:26 pm  

I've looked inside and around...
I've looked inside and around all drawers. Literally everywhere. No makers mark at all.
I know its not a vintage piece, but probably from the 80s, 90s, or even newer.
I will keep searching.


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Robert Leach
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30/12/2013 8:33 pm  

I'd say
80s, and either Skovby or Dyrlund


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waffle
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30/12/2013 10:34 pm  

I was thinking
dyrlund.
they are often solid teak and often not marked (they had paper labels and for some reason seem to fall of frequently).


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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30/12/2013 10:45 pm  

Could be Dyrlund, but it...
Could be Dyrlund, but it isn't solid teak. You can tell from the repeating veneer grain.
edit: the case isn't solid teak (the top and sides). And the doors aren't solid either. But the drawer fronts may well be solid


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30/12/2013 11:43 pm  

dyrlund
I have checked out a couple and they share the same kind of 70's vibe. But both were in fact solid teak. Rather remarkable. Didn't buy them as they were sort of ugly.


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30/12/2013 11:53 pm  

Sorry to mystify.
I just meant that, at $40, it's a miracle find -- and that $40 could buy someone a lot of firewood -- hopefully not this nice teak credenza !
I'll stop now . . .


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