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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 9530991, member: 6444&quot;]I tend to avoid commenting on furniture these days, though I have a lot of 18th and early 19th American in my collection. In part because pics are usually inadequate in this section, and commenting “take better pics” is usually ignored. But you do have a few shots that show important areas, so I’ll throw in my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>This certainly has replaced drawer pulls, as previously noted. The original location seems to be the large center hole. So by all means, yes, take off some of the easiest to remove pulls to look for evidence of what pulls were used originally.</p><p><br /></p><p>Beyond that, this does not ring true for early American furniture. Too much is wrong - hard wood secondary on drawer sides, dovetails too slender and fine, too little mass. The stained secondary wood surfaces seal the deal. This appears to be very much a sister to the piece Brad showed. And therefore looks English, from mid 19th century at the earliest, probably later 19th or early 20th when “antique” demand was high here in the US and lots of this stuff was being found and made.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, though your pics are much better than most here, they are still lacking. Pull out a drawer and show full view of bottom, back and side, along with interior. Pull out all the drawers to take an interior shot of the full back and sides, and also full on views from the outside. That is how you can recognize veneer, and why it is obvious that the drawer fronts on this are veneer. Finally, something never done here, but crucial to know authentic history of a piece, is to flip it on its back and take some pics of the legs and base.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think part of the problem is that people are used to using google image search, which uses external pics and works well for mass produced items including 20th century furniture, so they assume it will work for everything. Unfortunately it is almost useless to try to distinguish between authentic antiques and the century of reproductions that have been made.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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