How to remove residue dresser

[Bob Moyer]

We have an antique dresser in a spare bedroom, on her last visit our granddaughter left a cheap play purse on the top of it; due to the sunlight and heat it became stuck to the dresser, I removed the purse; but now I have this residue on the dresser; it is sticky; I have tries furniture polish' goof off' pledge etc.

How can I get this off.

[Mitchell Andrus]

The compounds in the plastic that make it flexible have migrated to the finish... There's a term for it.....

You can't get it off, the finish itself has been altered.

[Craig Summers]

What kind of finish on the dresser?

If you say antique, could it be shellac, lacquer, or oil ?

[Bob Moyer]

What kind of finish on the dresser?

If you say antique, could it be shellac, lacquer, or oil ?

I believe it to be shellac