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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 267799, member: 37"]Looks to be walnut veneer with some other wood stained for contrast (likely birch or beech). I don't see any oak. I think 1930s is a pretty good bet for time frame. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is no one book as a resource and there is no substitute for experience. <i>Furniture of the Depression Era</i> (Swedberg) is a pretty good basic primer for furniture from this era. I see there is a book, <i>American Manufactured Furniture</i> (Fredgant) but I have no first hand experience with it. There are similar books for Victorian and other styles. You can spend a lot of money on books and never have enough resources to be able to identify things. I know from experience.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 267799, member: 37"]Looks to be walnut veneer with some other wood stained for contrast (likely birch or beech). I don't see any oak. I think 1930s is a pretty good bet for time frame. There is no one book as a resource and there is no substitute for experience. [I]Furniture of the Depression Era[/I] (Swedberg) is a pretty good basic primer for furniture from this era. I see there is a book, [I]American Manufactured Furniture[/I] (Fredgant) but I have no first hand experience with it. There are similar books for Victorian and other styles. You can spend a lot of money on books and never have enough resources to be able to identify things. I know from experience.[/QUOTE]
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