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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 167602, member: 25"]<img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/img_20160811_141950-jpg.45963/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is a nice figure, whatever it is but I do not think it is walnut. I could well be wrong, the way the wood is sawn can make a big difference to the appearance. In any case, it is almost always a veneer nowadays (the last century or so) The golden age of walnut was the late 17th, early 18th C.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then along came mahogany.</p><p><br /></p><p>Woodworm love walnut.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 167602, member: 25"][IMG]https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/img_20160811_141950-jpg.45963/[/IMG] It is a nice figure, whatever it is but I do not think it is walnut. I could well be wrong, the way the wood is sawn can make a big difference to the appearance. In any case, it is almost always a veneer nowadays (the last century or so) The golden age of walnut was the late 17th, early 18th C. Then along came mahogany. Woodworm love walnut.[/QUOTE]
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