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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SarahAR, post: 375348, member: 7855&quot;]Hi everyone, this is my first post.&nbsp; I picked up this piece yesterday from a woman cleaning out her storage building for what I thought was a pretty cheap price. The current top is just a nice slab of Carrara marble not pictured, that I removed for cleaning and may be worth more than the chest! </p><p><br /></p><p>I wasn&#039;t sure if it was an antique when I bought it, I just thought it was really pretty.&nbsp; The front picture I have at the moment doesn&#039;t really showcase how pretty the veneer on the drawers is, even with chips.&nbsp; You can tell another tier of some kind was removed from the top, sadly.&nbsp; As I was cleaning the drawers I noticed all of the dovetail joints were irregular and appear handmade?&nbsp; The knobs also, there are no screws behind them. The bottoms of each drawer has been replaced with some type of plywood, but the front, sides and back of each drawer all seem original. </p><p><br /></p><p>The back of the chest appears all original and very old.&nbsp; What do you think about the turned legs?&nbsp; I also noticed the nails on the back are all square. I know this can mean it is old, but how old? I love it as is regardless and have no intentions of trying to restore it or God forbid chalk paint it. I can provide more pictures if requested.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]129243[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]129245[/ATTACH]&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]129244[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]129246[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]129247[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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