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<p>[QUOTE="Slowfoot, post: 114990, member: 1655"]I'm looking to get some help with this. I picked up this table for refinishing from a good commercial customer. At first look I thought it was original. But when I got it to the shop I began to think it was a very good reproduction. The reason is that the drawers don't have that musty smell, the insides and undersides of everything appears to be painted, and the finish just looks too good. </p><p><br /></p><p>My question is: Is it original? By that I mean is it late 18th or early 19th century. That's all I want to know, because if it is it shouldn't be stripped. I'm not worried about the value or what it's called. I just don't want to the anything that will hurt the value of the piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]28909[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]28910[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]28911[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]28912[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]28913[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]28915[/ATTACH] Thanks for your help on this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Slowfoot, post: 114990, member: 1655"]I'm looking to get some help with this. I picked up this table for refinishing from a good commercial customer. At first look I thought it was original. But when I got it to the shop I began to think it was a very good reproduction. The reason is that the drawers don't have that musty smell, the insides and undersides of everything appears to be painted, and the finish just looks too good. My question is: Is it original? By that I mean is it late 18th or early 19th century. That's all I want to know, because if it is it shouldn't be stripped. I'm not worried about the value or what it's called. I just don't want to the anything that will hurt the value of the piece. [ATTACH=full]28909[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]28910[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]28911[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]28912[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]28913[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]28915[/ATTACH] Thanks for your help on this.[/QUOTE]
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