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<p>[QUOTE="Grace Morgan, post: 256817, member: 5052"]I am a newbie so this is perhaps considered a repeat post due to my nescience of the forum. I should have posted it to furniture originally. My research has provided the following data: Per former president of the successor company to E.H Sheldon this is an Engineering/Architectural Drawing Table. His reference catalog is not dated. He believes this could have been modified for a specific end user or a later (earlier) model to his catalog 24 A. The unit has six locked drawers which would indicate that it was for six classes per day. Tables during 1920-1950s were generally crafted from oak, birch or maple. Measurements are 41" H x 38" W x 24 1/2" D (approximate).</p><p><br /></p><p>The six slots? (for lack of better term) were added post manufacture. This is easy to determine as the craftsmanship is extremely poor and the wood is different. In the back it is more evident to see that these were attached later.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope to find the time period of manufacture. Are there any hints to ID the time period if someone doesn’t have reference material? Also, would like to know how to determine which wood it was made from. Thank you in advance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Grace Morgan, post: 256817, member: 5052"]I am a newbie so this is perhaps considered a repeat post due to my nescience of the forum. I should have posted it to furniture originally. My research has provided the following data: Per former president of the successor company to E.H Sheldon this is an Engineering/Architectural Drawing Table. His reference catalog is not dated. He believes this could have been modified for a specific end user or a later (earlier) model to his catalog 24 A. The unit has six locked drawers which would indicate that it was for six classes per day. Tables during 1920-1950s were generally crafted from oak, birch or maple. Measurements are 41" H x 38" W x 24 1/2" D (approximate). The six slots? (for lack of better term) were added post manufacture. This is easy to determine as the craftsmanship is extremely poor and the wood is different. In the back it is more evident to see that these were attached later. I hope to find the time period of manufacture. Are there any hints to ID the time period if someone doesn’t have reference material? Also, would like to know how to determine which wood it was made from. Thank you in advance.[/QUOTE]
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