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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Barbara Kohler, post: 545670, member: 10215&quot;]Hello James, thanks for your feedback.&nbsp; This is what I was thinking as well, and the reason I turned to this forum for expert advice.&nbsp; The piece came off an old farm here in Northeastern Pennsylvania.&nbsp; The chest has been in the family for at least three generations that we know of, but the farm goes back much further in the family.&nbsp; The drawers look hand hewn to me and&nbsp; there are square nails in the back boards.&nbsp; The dovetails are irregular and are on both the front and backs of the drawers and certainly appear to be hand chiseled.&nbsp; The drawer bottoms are very thick (maybe close to a full cm), and are beveled or carved at the ends to fit into the drawer channels.&nbsp; The veneer on the bottom front is very thick as well (the legs and skirt are the only places where there is veneer).&nbsp; The drawers are a very fine grain and the stripes and dark corners are inlaid wood fully surrounded with cock beading.&nbsp; The hardware is cast brass and I am seeing imperfections which leads me to believe they are early, but could have been an early replacement?&nbsp; There are locks on all the drawers.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am uploading a few more detailed pictures here. Please let me know what you think, I am very interested in your comments, as I was thinking 18th century as well.&nbsp; Thank you![ATTACH=full]169369[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]169370[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]169371[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]169372[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]169373[/ATTACH]&nbsp;&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]169374[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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