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<p>[QUOTE="Bookahtoo, post: 132974, member: 31"]We got this piece in the store yesterday - the owner went and picked it up.</p><p>It stands about 5 1/2 feet tall. The seller said his grandfather had made the finish out of old records. I hadn't heard of this before but I found that it used to be fairly common for people to break up the old shellac 78s, add alcohol, heat up the mess, and end up with a real nice black shellac. I love the finish on this cabinet. It's nice and crackled.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways, what I'd like to know is how old it is, what the style is called, whether it used to have feet and if so what type, and whether it's even standing right side up. Oh, we have the key.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]34306[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]34307[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]34308[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]34309[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]34310[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bookahtoo, post: 132974, member: 31"]We got this piece in the store yesterday - the owner went and picked it up. It stands about 5 1/2 feet tall. The seller said his grandfather had made the finish out of old records. I hadn't heard of this before but I found that it used to be fairly common for people to break up the old shellac 78s, add alcohol, heat up the mess, and end up with a real nice black shellac. I love the finish on this cabinet. It's nice and crackled. Anyways, what I'd like to know is how old it is, what the style is called, whether it used to have feet and if so what type, and whether it's even standing right side up. Oh, we have the key. [ATTACH=full]34306[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]34307[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]34308[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]34309[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]34310[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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