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<p>[QUOTE="spaghetina, post: 147009, member: 2289"]Possum bellies are considered precursors to the Hoosier cabinets, for sure. It's no surprise that I'm obsessed with Hoosiers, too. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, nice! I'll do some more googling with those terms. Thank you!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That makes total sense - I hadn't thought of that. The top is also wood, but I'm not sure if it's the same type of wood because everything's painted black. The extra odd thing is that only the two ends of the top that's attached now, which is made up of 3 boards, slide. The one in the middle is nailed to the table frame. So, if it was meant to accommodate a leaf in the middle, someone screwed up and eliminated that as an option.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nope, the separate part is just a flat sheet of wood that's the same size as the existing, attached table top. I do imagine that at some point, the table had a hutch meant to sit on top of it, but a lot of these tables seem to show up without the hutches.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="spaghetina, post: 147009, member: 2289"]Possum bellies are considered precursors to the Hoosier cabinets, for sure. It's no surprise that I'm obsessed with Hoosiers, too. ;) Oh, nice! I'll do some more googling with those terms. Thank you! That makes total sense - I hadn't thought of that. The top is also wood, but I'm not sure if it's the same type of wood because everything's painted black. The extra odd thing is that only the two ends of the top that's attached now, which is made up of 3 boards, slide. The one in the middle is nailed to the table frame. So, if it was meant to accommodate a leaf in the middle, someone screwed up and eliminated that as an option. Nope, the separate part is just a flat sheet of wood that's the same size as the existing, attached table top. I do imagine that at some point, the table had a hutch meant to sit on top of it, but a lot of these tables seem to show up without the hutches.[/QUOTE]
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