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    My mother found a french bureau de dame thrown out on the street. Is it real, or an elaborate fake?

    ah, I thought they were directing it to me, without knowing that I was the person who posted the other thread. Thank you for your help!
    Post by: Eojin9642, Aug 8, 2020 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    My mother found a french bureau de dame thrown out on the street. Is it real, or an elaborate fake?

    As can be seen by the replies on THIS thread, that thread was created by me after I messed up here, failing to add images and accidentally adding...
    Post by: Eojin9642, Aug 7, 2020 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    [EDITED] My mother found a french bureau de dame thrown out on the street. Is it real, or a fake?

    Wow! Thank you all for your detailed replies! I guess my mother has a better eye than I do... :D From your replies, I can draw a rough conclusion...
    Post by: Eojin9642, Aug 7, 2020 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    [EDITED] My mother found a french bureau de dame thrown out on the street. Is it real, or a fake?

    Oh no, I misread your comment entirely; I somehow read it to be "leatherwork" and not "marquetry"! Unfortunately, I really have to go to sleep...
    Post by: Eojin9642, Aug 7, 2020 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    [EDITED] My mother found a french bureau de dame thrown out on the street. Is it real, or a fake?

    It's in quite bad (ok, not BAD, but definitely not good) condition, some parts are bloated, the woodwork on the front is (almost) cracked.. I do...
    Post by: Eojin9642, Aug 7, 2020 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    [EDITED] My mother found a french bureau de dame thrown out on the street. Is it real, or a fake?

    Yes, hence "almost". Many details are quite different, which suggests that it's a reproduction or "one of a kind" handmade product... There's no...
    Post by: Eojin9642, Aug 7, 2020 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    [EDITED] My mother found a french bureau de dame thrown out on the street. Is it real, or a fake?

    Thanks for your reply! I read it immediately, but taking + sending + downloading +resizing +downloading again + re-uploading 8 pictures takes...
    Post by: Eojin9642, Aug 7, 2020 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    My mother found a french bureau de dame thrown out on the street. Is it real, or an elaborate fake?

    I would have, but the "Upload a file" button wasn't visible in the edit page (not to mention the clutter of the dead "IMG" links in the post that...
    Post by: Eojin9642, Aug 7, 2020 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    My mother found a french bureau de dame thrown out on the street. Is it real, or an elaborate fake?

    I do believe my mother was the "finder"; She was so anxious to keep it that she stayed by it while her friend went and got the car to load it onto!
    Post by: Eojin9642, Aug 7, 2020 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    My mother found a french bureau de dame thrown out on the street. Is it real, or an elaborate fake?

    And that I just have! I've created a new thread to remove the clutter (those "IMG" thingies in the post), and it's looking quite fine so far....
    Post by: Eojin9642, Aug 7, 2020 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    [EDITED] My mother found a french bureau de dame thrown out on the street. Is it real, or a fake?

    EDIT: I have included pictures down below, in the post itself. If you'd like to see the whole lot, you can go to the imgur album; Don't worry, the...
    Thread by: Eojin9642, Aug 7, 2020, 17 replies, in forum: Antique Discussion
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    My mother found a french bureau de dame thrown out on the street. Is it real, or an elaborate fake?

    Yikes, even imgur is considered risky?? OK then, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.. I'm reducing the images to be under 1MB each. Thanks for the...
    Post by: Eojin9642, Aug 7, 2020 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    My mother found a french bureau de dame thrown out on the street. Is it real, or an elaborate fake?

    Oh no, everyone's pointing out the pictures instead of the bureau... As I said, I have much more than 8 pictures I'd like to show, not to mention...
    Post by: Eojin9642, Aug 7, 2020 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    My mother found a french bureau de dame thrown out on the street. Is it real, or an elaborate fake?

    Thank you for replying! However, the photos are too large, not to mention that I have quite a few of them. I would appreciate it if any viewers...
    Post by: Eojin9642, Aug 7, 2020 in forum: Antique Discussion