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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kennabonner, post: 9526839, member: 82554&quot;]They&#039;re just tags the movers put on it when I moved to Houston from Northampton. My grandmother is not the most reliable historian, though she is certainly entertaining. I know for sure she inherited it from her grandmother (it&#039;s a point of contention among my thankfully distant relatives) but where it originated is anyone&#039;s guess. Sometimes she insists it was brought over by boat by our German Jew ancestors during the occupation. You don&#039;t have to be a historian or a math major to realize that doesn&#039;t add up. Another time, or a few glasses of wine later, she&#039;d insist it was hand carved by my Great, Great, Great Grandfather - a &quot;famous Sioux Warrior&quot; or other times, &quot;the first Chief of the Aboriginal Nation in Australia&quot;. She&#039;s not senile, but she is crazy. The only thing I am certain of is that it came here (to Houston) from Massachusetts on a big, outrageously expensive moving van. How it got to Massachusetts or if it was simply constructed there, we will likely never know. The only mark I could find on it was on the underside of a couple of the drawers - a very lightly carved circle inside another lightly carved circle. I assume someone was just practicing drawing circles. </p><p><br /></p><p>I got excited when I saw the blue inside the drawers because I had read about Hepplewhite and it looked like what I pictured but when I saw actual pictures, I realized I had misinterpreted what I read. I have noticed that a majority of people selling pieces on Chairish and 1stDibs seem to have a lot in common with my grandmother. There is no way half of what I&#039;ve read on there is true about the pieces listed. I saw a pair of iron bench rails listed for $1700 with a detailed history and kid you not, I have an identical set leaning against my house outside. And apparently I got my mirrored lamp for a steal at $295. I found it listed for $7500! </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m clearly deliriously tired and rambling. Thanks everyone for looking. I&#039;ll hop back on tomorrow to look for updates and respond to everyone. I appreciate you all and this is most frustrating form of fun I&#039;ve ever had, but I&#039;m having fun either way. Thanks!</p><p>Kenna[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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