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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Wentworth, post: 3651253, member: 18411&quot;]Thank you again for an informative reply!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t question your overall evaluation of the piece but I have to say I’m surprised.&nbsp; To me the bottom cupboard seemed a lot more worn and aged than the top half.</p><p>[ATTACH]308791[/ATTACH] </p><p>The central panel for example; the damage is really smooth and shows an equal patina to the rest of the timber.&nbsp; Did the Victorians intentionally damage furniture to fake age?&nbsp; I am amazed this damage and wear could have been worn so smooth in only 100 years of use?!</p><p><br /></p><p>It would seem construction is the thing to look out for, I had found it strange that the side was a single panel, not showing any sort of frame. It is similar to this one below:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]308794[/ATTACH]</p><p>I had thought that maybe this use of a single side panel with no frame (rail or mullion) was maybe a Georgian method of construction..?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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