We recently purchased this matching pair of early George Nelson Basic Cabinet Series Dressers from our dealer-friend, Maurice Beane. Maurice has an amazing collection of modern decorative arts and furniture but above all, he's a great guy and has passed along some great stuff to us over the last several years... at great prices, I might add. His link is over on the right.
We took a chance with these because we knew that these had been painted out in black. These were originally offered with black as an option but it was obvious that these were not factory painted. Usually, there's an underlying reason why furniture has been painted over but we rolled the dice because we love Nelson pieces and we don't expect perfection in pieces this age anyway.
So...
We stripped off the black paint and were pleasantly shocked when we ended up with this:
A pair of gorgeous walnut veneer Nelson dressers to add to our collection.
Note: the only thing we did after stripping was to add a hand-rubbed finish. No stain, no poly, no bull shit. This is how they left the factory many, many years ago.
Make it a point to catch up with Maurice one day. He's a pleasant guy, an encyclopedia of knowledge and I'd bet that he has at least one of whatever you are looking for.