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<p>[QUOTE="Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 9489070, member: 23"]First impression is it's a modern faux antique. People seem to think cabinet makers in the early centuries made primitive looking furniture. Look in any museum and you will see that most items - especially those made for churches - were well made and with more care than some of the stuff that we get today. All that scarring on the sides makes me think it was deliberately 'distressed.' Plus I'm not seeing normal aging. This has the same amount of wear all over. I'd like a closeup of the feet. Feet can usually tell you how old a piece is because they experienced more wear than other parts of a piece.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 9489070, member: 23"]First impression is it's a modern faux antique. People seem to think cabinet makers in the early centuries made primitive looking furniture. Look in any museum and you will see that most items - especially those made for churches - were well made and with more care than some of the stuff that we get today. All that scarring on the sides makes me think it was deliberately 'distressed.' Plus I'm not seeing normal aging. This has the same amount of wear all over. I'd like a closeup of the feet. Feet can usually tell you how old a piece is because they experienced more wear than other parts of a piece.[/QUOTE]
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