Description

*ITEM LOCTAED DOWNSTAIRS IN BASEMENT*

Here sits a true mid-century American treasure: a vintage telephone gossip bench, the kind of furniture that made long phone calls not just tolerable but downright civilized. Crafted in warm honey-toned hardwood with elegantly turned legs, a scalloped apron skirt, and a classic ladder-back chair design, this piece is dripping in period charm. The integrated two-tier side table features graceful curved corbel supports and a lower shelf -- perfect for a phone book, notepad, or your rotary telephone centerpiece. The original upholstered seat cushion retains its wonderfully busy medieval-heraldic tapestry fabric in golds, reds, and blues, showing honest age wear and some fraying at one corner edge, which only adds to the authenticity. This is the kind of piece that stops people dead in their tracks at an estate sale and sends collectors straight to their wallets.

Condition:

Please note all items are "as-is where-is"

Damage on seat shown in pictures

Measurement:

31" x 30"H x 18"

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