if you look inside,under it or on the back, you might find the makers name. it'll be hard to see so take a flashlight. the dovetail joints in the pic. were adapted after the industrial revolution. so for furniture that'd place it post civil war. the problem is, is that i see marks that indicate hand made. (yes, i know, welcome to the guessing game.) but i agree with chibimimi. don't touch it . a little wood soap and wax maybe.

One thing to check is the overhead of the condo, for insulation. It might not be very good. I believe in the expanding spray foam which they are now spraying beneath the roof, especially in residences with the heat and a/c in the attics. And, if you also have a basement, well, I'm not sure how to deal with them, I've never dealt with homes in really cold climates. However, putting a fireproof glass door on the fireplace might make sure the chimney doesn't draw your heated air up the flue. The present resident in the condo might not know about the damper needing to be closed. They have these gages they use, like heat sensors, or cold sensors, maybe infrared? that they use now to detect hot spots in summer where there is no insulation, as well as cold spots in winter where there is no insulation. If the power cost in that condo are different by much from the power costs in nearby similar condos, then something is terribly wrong. I'd be thinking that the tall ceilings have some windows up high that need recaulking. Sometimes simple things like insulating around electrical outlets on exterior walls, etc, can make a big difference. For just a little cost, they sell those closed cell foam liners for your power receptacles. And my DH went up in our attic and discovered that two of the a/c ducts were not fully wrapped, and it has helped a lot to lower the electrical bill here. Phoggie, I feel for you, because I know it is a difficult thing to make the decisions alone, after all the years the two of you consulted and you came to rely on his expertise in the building trades. But, you can do it. Your DH is not that far away, and I'm sure God has made him your guardian angel. What is the quote: "Be still and know that I am with you." Listen. And look for the signs.

The drawer joins are very time-limited - also called the "Knapp joint" for the inventor of the machine that made them. I've seen it variously dated as 1870-1910 to as tight a range as 1880-1900 ... the machines may have been hard to maintain or had some technical reason (perhaps needing thick drawer fronts and using too much wood?) for falling out of use so quickly. I think they took an existing design for an Eastlake influenced piece and tarted it up with a panel in the new Aesthetic style. There are a lot of style hybrids because a manufacturer wouldn't want to abandon the old product line completely if they could just tack on something new.

I believe it's about 1900. Called a gentleman's chest...with space for a hat or 2. I'd like to see the dovetailing on the drawers and a close up of the drawer pulls.....that will date it more precisely.