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<p>[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 9469370, member: 30"]Hi, these are nice older wood pieces probably made of mahogany. The feet may have been cut down, or perhaps they are simply missing a wooden roller ball for the bottom of the original foot. It's hard to tell but if they once had roller feet, you will see the grommets in the holes for the hardware on the bottoms, or at least the holes that the rods were secured into. You should also be able to tell if the feet were cut down at any point in time by flipping it over. </p><p>IF this was done, it would be my opinion not to spend the effort to refinish these pieces, and just use them as the utilitarian pieces they were made to be. </p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently spanning well over a hundred years, here is some info on the manufacturer:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.furniturecityhistory.org/company/3824/sligh-furniture-co" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.furniturecityhistory.org/company/3824/sligh-furniture-co" rel="nofollow">http://www.furniturecityhistory.org/company/3824/sligh-furniture-co</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 9469370, member: 30"]Hi, these are nice older wood pieces probably made of mahogany. The feet may have been cut down, or perhaps they are simply missing a wooden roller ball for the bottom of the original foot. It's hard to tell but if they once had roller feet, you will see the grommets in the holes for the hardware on the bottoms, or at least the holes that the rods were secured into. You should also be able to tell if the feet were cut down at any point in time by flipping it over. IF this was done, it would be my opinion not to spend the effort to refinish these pieces, and just use them as the utilitarian pieces they were made to be. Apparently spanning well over a hundred years, here is some info on the manufacturer: [URL]http://www.furniturecityhistory.org/company/3824/sligh-furniture-co[/URL][/QUOTE]
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