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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9521596, member: 2844"]It is gorgeous, Kiko, and I'm with obb on the period.</p><p>The wood looks like rosewood to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ditto, although I've seen bun feet on similar ones. The bun feet could have been replacements. No brass feet, that is a different style.</p><p>Later ones were a style mishmash extravaganza, what I call the era of bad taste.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Brass lion feet are fine on those later ones, but with this one you have to be very consistent in the style.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9521596, member: 2844"]It is gorgeous, Kiko, and I'm with obb on the period. The wood looks like rosewood to me. Ditto, although I've seen bun feet on similar ones. The bun feet could have been replacements. No brass feet, that is a different style. Later ones were a style mishmash extravaganza, what I call the era of bad taste.:playful: Brass lion feet are fine on those later ones, but with this one you have to be very consistent in the style.[/QUOTE]
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