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<p>[QUOTE="laura9797, post: 2658021, member: 9323"]The interesting thing is that I have cataloged items from different estates - most having receipts with photographs from antique stores in England (I forget the row but at one time it was Broad street I think?) Any way, you could tell the pieces had been constructed of some older pieces and then new to give it the illusion of being a 19th C or earlier English piece. I learned from a couple of my English antique dealers that the English were notorious for doing that. Some did it because they didn't have material so they re-used it but the more recent purchases were likely meant to make one think they were period pieces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="laura9797, post: 2658021, member: 9323"]The interesting thing is that I have cataloged items from different estates - most having receipts with photographs from antique stores in England (I forget the row but at one time it was Broad street I think?) Any way, you could tell the pieces had been constructed of some older pieces and then new to give it the illusion of being a 19th C or earlier English piece. I learned from a couple of my English antique dealers that the English were notorious for doing that. Some did it because they didn't have material so they re-used it but the more recent purchases were likely meant to make one think they were period pieces.[/QUOTE]
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