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<p>[QUOTE="silverthwait, post: 12251, member: 103"]The original versions of "cottage" furniture were pre-WWI. (Think Gene Stratton Porter) There would be a bed, a dressing table & chair, and at least one chest of drawers. Green and yellow seemed to be the most popular colors, but they such sets can be found in blue, and occasionally pink. The flower decoration might be pansies in various colors, or roses and blue bells, etc. In the case of the above, the furniture itself is long past the late Victorian time, and as Brad said, changing the finish and the knobs will result in a very different article. A sensitive buyer would probably want to resurface the tops of both pieces -- and, if it were I, I'd leave that one drawer pull as is. (Really!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="silverthwait, post: 12251, member: 103"]The original versions of "cottage" furniture were pre-WWI. (Think Gene Stratton Porter) There would be a bed, a dressing table & chair, and at least one chest of drawers. Green and yellow seemed to be the most popular colors, but they such sets can be found in blue, and occasionally pink. The flower decoration might be pansies in various colors, or roses and blue bells, etc. In the case of the above, the furniture itself is long past the late Victorian time, and as Brad said, changing the finish and the knobs will result in a very different article. A sensitive buyer would probably want to resurface the tops of both pieces -- and, if it were I, I'd leave that one drawer pull as is. (Really!)[/QUOTE]
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