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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 371397, member: 2844&quot;]Welcome to the forum AGGG.</p><p>It is a beautiful cabinet, very good craftsmanship. The style is Belgian, made of oak, which usually points to the town/region of Mechelen, not far from Antwerp. The style is very much Mechelen.</p><p>It is a Revival style which started in the 19th century, but is still being made. I think yours is early to mid 20th century, but there are others who know more about dating furniture.</p><p>Unfortunately this furniture has little value today. Here in the Netherlands some people even advertise it as a giveaway.</p><p><br /></p><p>The label is for a storage hold provided by Walon Frères S.A., a Belgian firm. They were founded in 1865 and still exist, now under the name of the fourth generation of the Walon family, Gilbert Walon, with headquarters in Braine-L&#039;Alleud/Eigenbrakel near Brussels. They move and store furniture.</p><p><img src="http://www.walon.be/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/vente-carton-demenagement.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know when the name changed, it would help in dating the period of the storage, but this is Gilbert now, with a portrait of an earlier generation behind him:</p><p><img src="http://www.walon.be/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/demenageur.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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