Furniture Stamp Identification

Occasionally you will find a piece of birch furniture stained to resemble Maple.

Furniture stamp identification. Queen sized bed frame. Early Ercol furniture was chunky with intricate carvings and made of figured oak. Be sure to sand down your piece to bare wood to see its natural coloring.

See more ideas about danish modern design mid century mcm furniture. Other marks and variations on the marks shown also exist. Most Maple pieces will have a tight straight grain to them.

Its a great idea to use the catalogues to familiarise yourself with the signature features of the funrniture if you dont know already. Naturally the designs largely depend on which decade the piece was designed. See the Resources section below for a link.

Such a marking or label may have been placed inside a. More than one mark may appear on the same piece. Duncan Phyfe was one of the rare early century cabinetmakers who actually used paper labels and tags to identify some of his work.

The best way to research the numbers is to post a bunch of well lit sharp good looking photos of the piece of furniture starting with the good looking angles and going down into the ugly stuff like the back sides of drawers undersides insides bottoms of feet and random marks including said numbers. Marks are not shown in scale. China cabinets or hutches under a piece ie.

Feb 21 2016 - Furnishing manufacturer marks stamped in wood or paper labels applied with adhesive. Pottery and porcelain marks are often very visible you simply need to look on the bottom or back of a piece to locate them. I have posted this set before still unsure of manufacturer.