It would help if you posted a picture.

Oops, no photo...

I think you forgot the picture.

Sometimes you can only attach the picture in the comments.

Minimalist. :-)

Ah! It didn't attach. sometimes when I hit "submit" before the photo finishes uploading I have this problem. Photo below

Gosh, no idea. The carving reminds me of German furniture my parents had.

Just a guess: maple, 1950’s, nothing special.

No labels?

If you find out it isn’t valuable, it would look great spray painted a gloss white and mixed with some old wicker.

Post it here and ask - much more likely to get accurate info.

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/antiques

Gardenweb is much more likely to get accurate info. ????

DLM, would you verify that comment?

Speaking of wicker that's kind of why I was asking- I was going to mix it in with this sort of British colonial vibe I'm going for in my house.

my concern was that the piece is of some completely different era or style and it would look stupid

Good grief Judi G Designs get your ego out of it. I'm referring her to an Antiques forum for crying out loud. There are a lot of people frequenting that forum who are quite familiar with furniture styles and periods from true antiques to vintage to current. Touchy much?

edited to add - btw, I read this forum through a Gardenweb address so what exactly is your beef with me referring someone to another Gardenweb forum?

Corinne, I have a British Colonial vibe going on in my bedroom and I would use it...There would have been pieces brought over (to wherever) from Britain and mixed with island bits...So...original plus native if that makes sense. And this piece looks very English to me. Darker would be better though...lighter, the way it is, it looks a bit Spanish revival-ish.

If you don't want to paint it, you can try Restore a Finish to fix it.

I agree that it looks like it's from the 50s maple. If you are going for British Colonial, I assume that the finishes are darker wood and white and natural linen fabrics. In that case, stain it dark. It's a great unique piece.

MINWAX STAIN

Thank you everyone for input!! I'm going to try to purchase

Well done, teeda!

Holy crap Teeda! Thank you!

I love Houzz! There is nothing that can't be found and researched. Teeda, you have just made Corinne's day!

Wowza!

teeda- how did you do that??

Thanks everyone, I'm glad I was able to source the cabinet for Corinne. I'm not a "pro" but have had a lifelong interest in antiques and vintage furniture/decor so I've spent a lot of time researching. I had a feeling it was British so I did an image search using that tag along with jacobean, carving, etc. Found a wardrobe cabinet with similar hardware and some carving, discovered the manufacturer and eventually found Corinne's cabinet. I enjoy the search!