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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 4296957, member: 5066&quot;]Not me, not really anyway.</p><p>In the 1920s, the MET was getting ready to open the &quot;New American Wing&quot; using Eugene Bolles furniture collection as the foundation for that museum.</p><p>For the first time in history, American furniture was deemed &quot;worthy&quot; of being displayed to the public.</p><p>In Bolles notes about a pilgrim chest in his collection,he wrote &quot;bird decorations&quot;.</p><p>Curators/restorers at the MET STRIPPED that chest which is how it is still seen today.</p><p>Just because you have a PHD beside your name, does not mean you know what the hell you are doing.</p><p>Bolles &quot;Bird Chest&quot; at the MET, sans birds.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]347128[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My &quot;Bird&quot; chest sans birds, which didn&#039;t survive the &quot;brown wood&quot; folks either</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]347129[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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