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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 2706677, member: 5066"]The 1st clue OP chest was not American is, the secondary wood (drawer sides/bottom) is oak, we didn't use oak in secondary construction, not even in the 17th century when riven oak was the dominate species in frame & panel construction. ( there are always exceptions)</p><p>Ditto in the 18th-19th century, no matter what the primary wood species of the piece, the secondary wood is almost always pine or tulip poplar. And, if tulip poplar, you can be sure the piece is American because that species is native to north America and not europe.</p><p>English pieces by contrast, almost always used oak in their secondary construction, we didn't do that here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chest of drawers 1680-1700, Boston Mass.</p><p>Riven oak frame, drawer sides poplar, drawer bottoms white pine nailed on</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]274905[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]274906[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 2706677, member: 5066"]The 1st clue OP chest was not American is, the secondary wood (drawer sides/bottom) is oak, we didn't use oak in secondary construction, not even in the 17th century when riven oak was the dominate species in frame & panel construction. ( there are always exceptions) Ditto in the 18th-19th century, no matter what the primary wood species of the piece, the secondary wood is almost always pine or tulip poplar. And, if tulip poplar, you can be sure the piece is American because that species is native to north America and not europe. English pieces by contrast, almost always used oak in their secondary construction, we didn't do that here. Chest of drawers 1680-1700, Boston Mass. Riven oak frame, drawer sides poplar, drawer bottoms white pine nailed on [ATTACH=full]274905[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]274906[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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