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<p>[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 6148058, member: 78949"]IMO, it indeed could have been bought in Czechoslovakia (then part of the Eastern Soviet block) and then moved to USA, it could have been produced for export to UK and redirected towards another country, for various reasons. We had Yugoslavian goods in BG although in limited quantities and available only for people with strong connections with salespersons. In the environment of total deficit that was the only way to buy stuff.</p><p>It has a very familiar "socialist" look. My mother in law used to have a very similar (I would say, identical) chest (or dresser???) but I don't know if it was Yugoslavian, never looked at the back. They threw it away some time ago and bought a new, wooden one. I think it was chipboard with veneer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 6148058, member: 78949"]IMO, it indeed could have been bought in Czechoslovakia (then part of the Eastern Soviet block) and then moved to USA, it could have been produced for export to UK and redirected towards another country, for various reasons. We had Yugoslavian goods in BG although in limited quantities and available only for people with strong connections with salespersons. In the environment of total deficit that was the only way to buy stuff. It has a very familiar "socialist" look. My mother in law used to have a very similar (I would say, identical) chest (or dresser???) but I don't know if it was Yugoslavian, never looked at the back. They threw it away some time ago and bought a new, wooden one. I think it was chipboard with veneer.[/QUOTE]
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