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<p>[QUOTE="Wild boar 123, post: 9821708, member: 87343"]Thanks for the comments.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have wondered if it was made in walnut, but settled on mahogany as a best guess. Inside of the drawers, possibly pine? Perhaps mahogany was used for the drawer fronts and the top, which is quite thick, the rest in pine (always assumed it was made from the same wood used on front and top). You say beech, might be right - could be a stained hardwood. Colour though looks odd in photos, think because it was badly refinished in the past. It feels like an old piece. Cupping to top, as you can see from the photos, think that puts it back a bit. Inclined to go for the C19th date (had thought 1840s - 1860s). Could well be a small country piece. No veneers used anywhere, just solid wood. As to the three filled holes, those are on the top of the piece. If you look closely you can see two square lighter patches, holes are there. Don't know if that corresponds to something which was orginally affixed on top or it's simply wear and tear. The marks of the original handles confused me - look like those of a much older piece. Perhaps simply re-using brass hardware?</p><p><br /></p><p>Have added a few more photos. Show the drawers and dovetails, one of which shows different sizes of dovetail (handmade rather than machine made?). Possible radial cut marks/saw marks to the wood on the base of one of the drawers. And possibly an import or factory mark on one of those pieces of drawer base wood.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of this is helpful as it is useful to get different opinions and feedback.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Wild boar 123, post: 9821708, member: 87343"]Thanks for the comments. Have wondered if it was made in walnut, but settled on mahogany as a best guess. Inside of the drawers, possibly pine? Perhaps mahogany was used for the drawer fronts and the top, which is quite thick, the rest in pine (always assumed it was made from the same wood used on front and top). You say beech, might be right - could be a stained hardwood. Colour though looks odd in photos, think because it was badly refinished in the past. It feels like an old piece. Cupping to top, as you can see from the photos, think that puts it back a bit. Inclined to go for the C19th date (had thought 1840s - 1860s). Could well be a small country piece. No veneers used anywhere, just solid wood. As to the three filled holes, those are on the top of the piece. If you look closely you can see two square lighter patches, holes are there. Don't know if that corresponds to something which was orginally affixed on top or it's simply wear and tear. The marks of the original handles confused me - look like those of a much older piece. Perhaps simply re-using brass hardware? Have added a few more photos. Show the drawers and dovetails, one of which shows different sizes of dovetail (handmade rather than machine made?). Possible radial cut marks/saw marks to the wood on the base of one of the drawers. And possibly an import or factory mark on one of those pieces of drawer base wood. All of this is helpful as it is useful to get different opinions and feedback.[/QUOTE]
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