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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cutter, post: 2905485, member: 17123&quot;]Photos attached - I&#039;m in the US. Kind of in the middle of refinishing the table since it was in pretty bad shape.</p><p><br /></p><p>Table came down from my dad, who&#039;s no longer alive so unfortunately I can&#039;t just ring him up and ask where it came from. But he collected a lot of 19th-mid 20th century pieces from all over. Almost exclusively from estate sales in Illinois. Much of what he collected was Shaker furniture or some pieces made in the family generations back. This one stuck out to me given the manufacturer&#039;s label and factory screws, so I&#039;m guessing it&#039;s a mid century piece, but you&#039;ll know better than I.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not good at identifying wood but after a good sand and rub with mineral spirits we get some beautiful reds. Maybe you can tell from the grains better than I but I&#039;m guessing it&#039;s cherry, unless the dyes from the previous finish really got into the wood pores and tainted the colors. I didn&#039;t chemically strip anything and don&#039;t plan to. If anything I&#039;ll just give it a natural stain and french coat with shellac.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, that&#039;s about all I know about it. It&#039;s been in a storage unit for a long time and before that obviously not treated well. Thanks for the help.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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