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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ownedbybear, post: 409806, member: 29&quot;]That&#039;s a very nice little chest of drawers. The handles are high Art Nouveau - on their own, they&#039;d be worth a few quid. I very much doubt it was painted originally: it&#039;s late 19th into early 20th and we simply didn&#039;t do that. Those painted ones in the link have been got at, to say the least. Sounds like some fool did the same to yours. (Don&#039;t get me started on that, there was an idiot on TV recently who WALLPAPERED an Arts and Crafts chest.) Looks as though it might be pitch pine. </p><p><br /></p><p>With those handles, it isn&#039;t a country piece, so not for a cottage. They&#039;re marked as British Made - that was done with things that a manufacturer was proud of, to add value. </p><p><br /></p><p>Do NOT junk the busted handle. Go find one that has a similar pull and kludge it. Or leave it alone. </p><p><br /></p><p>Being small, useful, pretty with nice handles and as the media have decreed brown is back in fashion, £150 or so.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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