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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 1768708, member: 5066&quot;]Alrighty then, a chest is coming to market that in the description said &quot;Berks County, Pennsylvania painted pine dower chest, dated 1780, decorated in the manner of Bieber&quot;.</p><p>OK i thought, it&#039;s pine so it couldn&#039;t be a &quot;real&quot; Bieber chest because that family of joiners which owned a water powered sawmill in PA used tulip poplar almost exclusively in their furniture. Perhaps an antique chest painted recently in the style of Bieber?</p><p>Naturally i emailed seller asking about any details and or additional photos and received this reply back.</p><p><b>Condition Report</b> –</p><p><b>Dower chest</b></p><p>Significant touch up to decoration, majority is a later overpaint. See attached images.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s it i wondered? Geez thanks! don&#039;t strain yourself in giving construction details although i was happy they did give additional pics.</p><p>After examining the new photos i now think i have a handle on this chest, first off, it isn&#039;t pine, it&#039;s tulip poplar and two, i thought i had seen this chest before in a publication on Bieber several years ago. More on that in a min, as for now i am the high bidder <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> however, if this chest is what i now think it is, that will change! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]239346[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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