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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 175087, member: 25&quot;]I suspect everything that looks like this is the top of something.</p><p><br /></p><p>The idea of the corniche top was to more or less blend in with the ceiling and the concave coving commonly found in 19th C ceilings.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anywhere you see one not at the ceiling or near it you have something cut down.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the top is slightly recessed, the edge of the corniche an inch or two above the main top of the piece, that is certainly cut down. It may be disguised by a false top flush with the edge, but measuring inside and out will show this up. If the top seems to be up to 6 inches thick, it&#039;s been modified.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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