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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 224551, member: 37"]I am thinking more 20s-30s. Those bakelite pulls are pure deco but the rest, not so much. I would be tempted to sell them off separately and replace them with period drop pulls, even if they are original to the piece. Sometimes, makers attempted to modernize their lines by changing hardware. It was not always successful. I don't know. Perhaps, they aren't original?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an English oak secretary from about the same time period that has original pulls such as I am recommending.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]66805[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 224551, member: 37"]I am thinking more 20s-30s. Those bakelite pulls are pure deco but the rest, not so much. I would be tempted to sell them off separately and replace them with period drop pulls, even if they are original to the piece. Sometimes, makers attempted to modernize their lines by changing hardware. It was not always successful. I don't know. Perhaps, they aren't original? Here is an English oak secretary from about the same time period that has original pulls such as I am recommending. [ATTACH=full]66805[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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