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<p>[QUOTE="Wild boar 123, post: 9821247, member: 87343"]I would be grateful if I could have your thoughts on this piece of furniture. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm trying to pin it down as to date and country of orgin (probably UK).</p><p><br /></p><p>Intend to get it professionally restored. I'll try to get replacement brass handles made for it (ones shown are modern replacements, put on years ago before I bought it). </p><p><br /></p><p>Found it in a charity shop covered in children's stickers and paint!</p><p><br /></p><p>What I know:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Solid mahogany throughout including the drawer liners. Back panels probably in oak.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Marks of orginal handles visible under new ones, guessing late eighteenth century.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Fairly sure dovetails are handcut, not machine, very fine. Suggests quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Chamfer to drawers, again suggest quality. Unusual design, seen nothing like it.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. Original turned feet, not bracket. Suggests later, early nineteeth century?</p><p><br /></p><p>Fact it has turned feet and probably once had late eighteeth century handles throws me out - is it earlier or later in date? Period/style? Stuck on this one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Wild boar 123, post: 9821247, member: 87343"]I would be grateful if I could have your thoughts on this piece of furniture. I'm trying to pin it down as to date and country of orgin (probably UK). Intend to get it professionally restored. I'll try to get replacement brass handles made for it (ones shown are modern replacements, put on years ago before I bought it). Found it in a charity shop covered in children's stickers and paint! What I know: 1. Solid mahogany throughout including the drawer liners. Back panels probably in oak. 2. Marks of orginal handles visible under new ones, guessing late eighteenth century. 3. Fairly sure dovetails are handcut, not machine, very fine. Suggests quality. 4. Chamfer to drawers, again suggest quality. Unusual design, seen nothing like it. 5. Original turned feet, not bracket. Suggests later, early nineteeth century? Fact it has turned feet and probably once had late eighteeth century handles throws me out - is it earlier or later in date? Period/style? Stuck on this one.[/QUOTE]
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