It's "French Provincial" that was popular in the 60's and 70's...maybe even started in the late 50's. Only sat on by adults wearing their good clothes. Never used for TV viewing, no kids nor dogs, no eating in that room unless it was a cocktail party and you were wearing pearls and high heels. LOL! Very nice...and I think you got a great buy! Clean it up a little and keep the kids and dogs off of it and never drink red wine anywhere near it! Linda C

I think that the nails we see are not original, but were part of a patch-up made after this piece had aged. The drawers may have been glued together, and then came apart. The owner resorted to nailing to keep it together. Look at the 11th photo. Toe nailing was done with nails that were much too long and the nails protrude by a large amount. This is sloppy patching, but typical of someone using whatever he has in his nail bin. In earlier photos of the drawers, the nails are not evenly spaced indicating these were placed by eye, and not measured.

I like to put my arms on an arm rest when I'm sitting, so I'm not to keen on the armless option. How about a regular arm rest? A couch is a big investment, so I would take the time to pick out one you really like. I got this one from Ethan Allen. I'm very happy with it. https://www.ethanallen.com/en_US/shop-furniture-living-room-sofas-fabric/melrose-sofa/melrose.html#start=47&sz=23

I have a bedroom suite in the Waterfall style and when I remodeled I kept the armoire and the bureau and converted the vanity into two night stands. It cost me quite a bit to have it refinished and portions of the veneer decorative elements redone and I am quite sure I could have gotten a good quality bedroom set for less. But I liked it as much as anything I could buy new so it was worth it to me to spend the money even though it didn't make absolute economic sense. I have no qualms about refinishing it in terms of destroying potential value since its value is purely in terms of it being a functional and - at least to me - aesthetic bedroom suite. I got rid of lots of very good furniture when I remodeled - some of it equivalent to OP's in that it was great Victorian era stuff. But it didn't work for me anymore so it was time to release it to the universe. None of it was wildly valuable in today's marketplace and so I was thrilled that my friend's brother took it all away as he lives in a large house and needed furniture. I knew I wasn't going to find any of that stuff on America's Road Show as a rare treasure and I was happier giving it away to someone who could use it versus trying to get a few hundred dollars.