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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 4368861, member: 5066"]Here is an 18th-century walnut splay leg (like OP table) tea table built-in PA. If you notice the pegs ( called pins) they are protruding slightly as they should be from shrinkage after 300 years and they are not round at all, they were cut with a knife and are irregular as they should be.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]364987[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Notice the pins, irregular & protruding slightly</p><p>[ATTACH=full]364988[/ATTACH]</p><p>Bottom of drawer, notice the hand-forged iron nails</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]364989[/ATTACH]</p><p>Hard to see but there are zero gaps where the apron joins to the legs</p><p>[ATTACH=full]364990[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 4368861, member: 5066"]Here is an 18th-century walnut splay leg (like OP table) tea table built-in PA. If you notice the pegs ( called pins) they are protruding slightly as they should be from shrinkage after 300 years and they are not round at all, they were cut with a knife and are irregular as they should be. [ATTACH=full]364987[/ATTACH] Notice the pins, irregular & protruding slightly [ATTACH=full]364988[/ATTACH] Bottom of drawer, notice the hand-forged iron nails [ATTACH=full]364989[/ATTACH] Hard to see but there are zero gaps where the apron joins to the legs [ATTACH=full]364990[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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