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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 2770862, member: 5066&quot;]The fact is, you can&#039;t authenticate furniture with photos alone and, the limited photos you have provided don&#039;t help much. No pics of the drawer bottoms, the back of the chest, etc. If you want better comments, provide better photos.</p><p>There are hand-cut dovetails being produced as I write this post all over the world by cabinetmakers, by both professionals &amp; hobbyists. Indeed, in the USA hand made drawer boxes were the norm until 1900 when they finally developed machines to do that task. It&#039;s reported that in the UK hand made drawer boxes were the norm until the mid-1930s. You seem to have all your eggs in that dovetail basket.</p><p>Bottom line? hand-cut dovetails are not the be all end all in dating furniture.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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