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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 3390752, member: 5066"]It's a miracle? BAM! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Was tagging you because this little chest was purchased in a Texas thrift. I am guessing it wasn't made in Tex. and probably imported, however, considering the approx. date of 1900, it's odd to have hand-cut dovetails. Another oddity is the drawer fronts which are a plain "raised panel" style and more akin to modern cabinets.</p><p>The only decoration that this chest has that relates it to the Eastlake style(leaving pulls aside) are the vertical incised lines on the left & right stiles.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 3390752, member: 5066"]It's a miracle? BAM! :eek::p Was tagging you because this little chest was purchased in a Texas thrift. I am guessing it wasn't made in Tex. and probably imported, however, considering the approx. date of 1900, it's odd to have hand-cut dovetails. Another oddity is the drawer fronts which are a plain "raised panel" style and more akin to modern cabinets. The only decoration that this chest has that relates it to the Eastlake style(leaving pulls aside) are the vertical incised lines on the left & right stiles.[/QUOTE]
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