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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 552608, member: 56"]It does have a sort-of radio console look to it. I can see it being 1920s as well. That said, it might be earlier. My other impression was Moorish revival (a bit broader than Spanish).</p><p><br /></p><p>The Moorish revival came out of orientalist art and happened in the last half of the 19th C. It's leading furniture designer was Carlo Bugatti, who actually came in at the end... after 1900. The style lingered.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=moorish+revival+furniture&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=tyWKQyhE8cPl4M%253A%252Ck93n57IsS_2M6M%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kRlN5PgY_XvNbxD_nPtJ_4LY6CYzg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiukaq_vZ7hAhWGxYMKHS2DCb0Q9QEwBnoECAkQEA#imgrc=tyWKQyhE8cPl4M" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=moorish+revival+furniture&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=tyWKQyhE8cPl4M%253A%252Ck93n57IsS_2M6M%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kRlN5PgY_XvNbxD_nPtJ_4LY6CYzg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiukaq_vZ7hAhWGxYMKHS2DCb0Q9QEwBnoECAkQEA#imgrc=tyWKQyhE8cPl4M" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=moorish+revival+furniture&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=tyWKQyhE8cPl4M%3A%2Ck93n57IsS_2M6M%2C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kRlN5PgY_XvNbxD_nPtJ_4LY6CYzg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiukaq_vZ7hAhWGxYMKHS2DCb0Q9QEwBnoECAkQEA#imgrc=tyWKQyhE8cPl4M</a>:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 552608, member: 56"]It does have a sort-of radio console look to it. I can see it being 1920s as well. That said, it might be earlier. My other impression was Moorish revival (a bit broader than Spanish). The Moorish revival came out of orientalist art and happened in the last half of the 19th C. It's leading furniture designer was Carlo Bugatti, who actually came in at the end... after 1900. The style lingered. [URL]https://www.google.com/search?q=moorish+revival+furniture&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=tyWKQyhE8cPl4M%253A%252Ck93n57IsS_2M6M%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kRlN5PgY_XvNbxD_nPtJ_4LY6CYzg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiukaq_vZ7hAhWGxYMKHS2DCb0Q9QEwBnoECAkQEA#imgrc=tyWKQyhE8cPl4M[/URL]:[/QUOTE]
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