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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bakersgma, post: 49525, member: 59&quot;]Ah! Perhaps you call that kind of fabric something else. Yes, the fabric. So it covers the bottom of the box? Seems a bit strange to me to have such nice materials on the visible parts and then have the bottom be fabric and not the same wood as the rest.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, provenance is the &quot;story&quot; - doesn&#039;t have to be documents, especially a family piece, although, believe it or not some people actually keep bills of sale with their &quot;good stuff.&quot; In your case what relative, what, if anything, do you know about what this relative did in life that pertains to the item and when and where they got the item. I realize you don&#039;t know much specifics - just wanted to explain the meaning of the terminology.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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