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<p>[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 204176, member: 30"]I think it dates from the mid to late 1800s. Perhaps yours is a "transition" piece due to the simplicity of it. If it is "black forest" - it could have been made on the cusp of another furniture style. The feet are very pretty too, even if they are replacements. I cannot see the feet in your photos well enough. Yours is a beautiful piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>I noticed the small trunk which is similarly carved to your sideboard or dresser has antler horns for its feet. If yours had such, they'd surely have been knocked off long ago, glue didn't last very long in the olden days. </p><p><br /></p><p>I searched: "black forest" side board furniture - on ebay, came up with a trunk which is ornate but simple, doesn't have any wooden "prong" type ornaments sticking out from it (like much of the black forest stuff) - here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-BLACK-FOREST-GREAT-CARVED-WOOD-TRUNK-/222379996222?hash=item33c6e1743e:g:17YAAOSwnHZYfQVb" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-BLACK-FOREST-GREAT-CARVED-WOOD-TRUNK-/222379996222?hash=item33c6e1743e:g:17YAAOSwnHZYfQVb" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-BLACK-FOREST-GREAT-CARVED-WOOD-TRUNK-/222379996222?hash=item33c6e1743e:g:17YAAOSwnHZYfQVb</a></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-BLACK-FOREST-GREAT-CARVED-WOOD-TRUNK-/222379996222?hash=item33c6e1743e:g:17YAAOSwnHZYfQVb" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-BLACK-FOREST-GREAT-CARVED-WOOD-TRUNK-/222379996222?hash=item33c6e1743e:g:17YAAOSwnHZYfQVb" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-BLACK-FOREST-GREAT-CARVED-WOOD-TRUNK-/222379996222?hash=item33c6e1743e:g:17YAAOSwnHZYfQVb" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-BLACK-FOREST-GREAT-CARVED-WOOD-TRUNK-/222379996222?hash=item33c6e1743e:g:17YAAOSwnHZYfQVb" rel="nofollow"></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 204176, member: 30"]I think it dates from the mid to late 1800s. Perhaps yours is a "transition" piece due to the simplicity of it. If it is "black forest" - it could have been made on the cusp of another furniture style. The feet are very pretty too, even if they are replacements. I cannot see the feet in your photos well enough. Yours is a beautiful piece. I noticed the small trunk which is similarly carved to your sideboard or dresser has antler horns for its feet. If yours had such, they'd surely have been knocked off long ago, glue didn't last very long in the olden days. I searched: "black forest" side board furniture - on ebay, came up with a trunk which is ornate but simple, doesn't have any wooden "prong" type ornaments sticking out from it (like much of the black forest stuff) - here: [URL='http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-BLACK-FOREST-GREAT-CARVED-WOOD-TRUNK-/222379996222?hash=item33c6e1743e:g:17YAAOSwnHZYfQVb']http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-BLACK-FOREST-GREAT-CARVED-WOOD-TRUNK-/222379996222?hash=item33c6e1743e:g:17YAAOSwnHZYfQVb [/URL][/QUOTE]
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