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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 9821577, member: 37"]Let me preface what I have to say with the fact that I am not an expert in English furniture. Consequently, what I say most undoubtedly has an American bias. However some things about antique furniture ring true on either side of the pond. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am not seeing enough in this to warrant any suggestion of a date as early as you suggest. It is not that it couldn't be but there just aren't enough clues to place it that far back. In fact, the little turned feet make me think 19th century. I am thinking more a mid-19th century country vernacular piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>The wood does not look like mahogany to me. More like beech or other plain grained wood with a stain. The back is most certainly pine. I don't have any context about the three filled holes you are showing in the one picture. I assume this is evidence of a previous pull? Guess I would like to see a photo of front and back of a drawer front with a current handle removed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 9821577, member: 37"]Let me preface what I have to say with the fact that I am not an expert in English furniture. Consequently, what I say most undoubtedly has an American bias. However some things about antique furniture ring true on either side of the pond. I am not seeing enough in this to warrant any suggestion of a date as early as you suggest. It is not that it couldn't be but there just aren't enough clues to place it that far back. In fact, the little turned feet make me think 19th century. I am thinking more a mid-19th century country vernacular piece. The wood does not look like mahogany to me. More like beech or other plain grained wood with a stain. The back is most certainly pine. I don't have any context about the three filled holes you are showing in the one picture. I assume this is evidence of a previous pull? Guess I would like to see a photo of front and back of a drawer front with a current handle removed.[/QUOTE]
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