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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 133621, member: 37&quot;]Still not sure about the wood.&nbsp; Possibly pine but could be a fairly nondescript hardwood such as poplar or birch.&nbsp; The secondary wood is definitely pine.&nbsp; A look at the top might help.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The wood lock escutcheons are pretty typical of mid-19th century furniture and were in use commonly up till about 1880.&nbsp; After that, you began to see more brass in use.&nbsp; It was very common for all drawers to lock on 19th century furniture so doesn&#039;t help date it all that much.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I really wanted to see the underside of the drawer and the inside of where the drawer handles came through.&nbsp; I do see that the drawer bottom is straight sawn so this would put this most likely prior to 1880.&nbsp; It is kind of hard to tell with country furniture since such details as straight sawn lumber would persist longer than in city furniture.&nbsp; The drawer joint is a single rabbet joint with the wood pins added.&nbsp; Such construction without the wood pins is typical of old less expensive (country) furniture and was used for decades on in to the 20th century.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Can&#039;t tell much about the handles.&nbsp; The one picture showing three suggests that they may not all match each other exactly.&nbsp; The bottom one seems to have a bit of a bead where it meets the drawer face.&nbsp; The one we can see the profile of shows that the handle edges are nicely tapered and rather thin.&nbsp; This is a sign of an old pull.&nbsp; A truly old wood pull would also have a threaded wood dowel that screws into the drawer face.&nbsp; Like this ...... </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]34497[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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