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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 4294391, member: 5066&quot;]Obviously, this is never going to reach a consensus view on this forum however, it is equally obvious that many members here probably played some role in the unfortunate &quot;great stripper craze&quot; that occurred in the USA in the 1960s-1980s. This preference for &quot;brown&quot; wood destroyed much of the value for huge numbers of 18th-19th century painted pieces.</p><p>As a collector of early furniture, I almost ALWAYS have the opposite problem, what to do about a painted piece that got stripped somewhere along the way?</p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibit # 1, an eastern shore va. corner cupboard recently purchased, Stripped!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]346357[/ATTACH]</p><p>Exhibit # 2, a paint restored (thru paint analysis) cupboard from the same region</p><p>[ATTACH=full]346358[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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