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<p>[QUOTE="lelliott19, post: 3218146, member: 1971"]Wow! That is incredibly beautiful! I believe this kind of table was referred to as a dressing table. I've seen some with one shallow drawer that goes all the way across. I've never seen one with such an intricate inlay or with the knee hole arch and lower drawers. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's obviously old and all hand made. Looks to me like the maker was an <i>artist</i> and not necessarily a regular cabinet maker. See how rough the dove tails on the drawers look? And how he has pieced the backing pieces / braces inside the short sides? And the drawer guides look like scraps he picked up off the workshop floor. It seems to me a cabinet maker would have been more precise with these, while your artist was more focused on the aesthetics -- the intricate details of the inlay top. It's almost as if the base was built as a means to display the gorgeous inlaid top.</p><p><br /></p><p>Very beautiful piece! Thank you for sharing it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lelliott19, post: 3218146, member: 1971"]Wow! That is incredibly beautiful! I believe this kind of table was referred to as a dressing table. I've seen some with one shallow drawer that goes all the way across. I've never seen one with such an intricate inlay or with the knee hole arch and lower drawers. It's obviously old and all hand made. Looks to me like the maker was an [I]artist[/I] and not necessarily a regular cabinet maker. See how rough the dove tails on the drawers look? And how he has pieced the backing pieces / braces inside the short sides? And the drawer guides look like scraps he picked up off the workshop floor. It seems to me a cabinet maker would have been more precise with these, while your artist was more focused on the aesthetics -- the intricate details of the inlay top. It's almost as if the base was built as a means to display the gorgeous inlaid top. Very beautiful piece! Thank you for sharing it.[/QUOTE]
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