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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 327113, member: 6444&quot;]Seems I spend as much time repairing old furniture as I do finding it. I&#039;m a repairer, but a minimal restorer - I want to keep old finish if at all possible. This piece was free because it was a pile of wood. But I like pieces like this - no missing parts, never been &quot;improved&quot;, original (or at least old) finish, just needed a little TLC. Here&#039;s the process in pictures. I know this doesn&#039;t have much value these days, and even back when antique American furniture was more desirable this wouldn&#039;t have been a big draw because it is simple, country made, mid-19th century or so. But I like the lines, and wasn&#039;t hard to reassemble - probably even easier than Ikea (though it took longer for the hide glue to dry).</p><p><br /></p><p>The only repair looks to have been done around the turn of the century: the back of the drawer was cut off (leaving the dovetails) and a bit of late 19th century drawer nailed back in its place. Part of its history.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]109178[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]109179[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]109180[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]109181[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]109182[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]109183[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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