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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 2901296, member: 5066"]Yes is, at least to me, it confirms thru construction details my chest is in fact what I thought it might be, an 18th-century chest built in the Bieber joiner shop.</p><p>Freemans speculates their chest has it's original feet ("The feet and paint appear to be original (aside from the retouches mentioned above"). I doubt that. In fact there is only one Bieber chest extant that does have it's original feet intact and those were removed from the chest, restored and then reattached to the chest.</p><p>To be honest, I like my chest better, much better & more accurate restore job on my feet for example and what the feet looked like originally. Those high bracket feet that are unique to the Bieber shop and yes, fragile. (another design flaw like their breadboard ends on lid) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /></p><p>And now to see what it brings, 4 days until the sale.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 2901296, member: 5066"]Yes is, at least to me, it confirms thru construction details my chest is in fact what I thought it might be, an 18th-century chest built in the Bieber joiner shop. Freemans speculates their chest has it's original feet ("The feet and paint appear to be original (aside from the retouches mentioned above"). I doubt that. In fact there is only one Bieber chest extant that does have it's original feet intact and those were removed from the chest, restored and then reattached to the chest. To be honest, I like my chest better, much better & more accurate restore job on my feet for example and what the feet looked like originally. Those high bracket feet that are unique to the Bieber shop and yes, fragile. (another design flaw like their breadboard ends on lid) :hilarious::p:eek: And now to see what it brings, 4 days until the sale.[/QUOTE]
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