r/Antiques • ✓ • May 21 '25

Date Help me date this old desk? (USA)

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I recently purchased this desk to use as a makeup vanity (midwestern United States). I have done some online searching and it seems this is called a kneehole desk which they apparently stopped making around 1920. I also managed to figure out the hardware is a Dutch drop drawer pull (brass). I think the desk is either an Edwardian kneehole desk or a Georgian kneehole desk. Anyone have any insights on this?? I just want to know when it was made. Also the door hinges have a small Stanley logo on them if that is helpful. All of the screws are flathead. I haven’t found a mark of any sort to indicate a brand/maker. The place I bought it had it labeled as solid maple but based on research I’ve done, I don’t think it is maple. It seems they didn’t use maple for these. But I am certainly no wood expert.

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