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<p>[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 9607114, member: 5170"]It seems a bit later to me, perhaps 1870s. The veneer (yes, that’s the correct term) appears to be walnut. With burl (burr in England, and I would think France as well) on the drawer fronts. The pine secondary wood on the inside of the “carcasse” and drawers is unusually clean, almost as if it had been rebuilt in the past few decades. Perhaps it has.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m delighted that you love the piece; hopefully you’ll become interested in other such pieces in the future![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 9607114, member: 5170"]It seems a bit later to me, perhaps 1870s. The veneer (yes, that’s the correct term) appears to be walnut. With burl (burr in England, and I would think France as well) on the drawer fronts. The pine secondary wood on the inside of the “carcasse” and drawers is unusually clean, almost as if it had been rebuilt in the past few decades. Perhaps it has. I’m delighted that you love the piece; hopefully you’ll become interested in other such pieces in the future![/QUOTE]
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