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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;aawlberninf350, post: 4414872, member: 65773&quot;]Hi All!</p><p><br /></p><p>Anybody familiar with this style of furniture? We are curious about the origin of one of our favorite objects.</p><p><br /></p><p>We bought it circa 1996 from Red Hen Antiques (iirc) near Petaluma, CA. We saw it on sale for $1400 on Valentines day, but passed. A week or two later we could not forget it and at our urging the shop called the owner who agreed to accept our offer of the V Day sale price. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is 3 pieces, the top box with glass, the middle shelf portion with the columns, and the bottom box. The glass is replaced but the hardware appears original. One drawer pull needed a nut on the back but the other is the original old nut. It was missing the interior shelves so I got some red oak planks that looked nice. My recollection is &quot;Paris&quot; was stamped on the lock mechanism, but when taking these pics I could not find it. The wood is beautiful, quarter sawn. No idea is finish is original but seems unlikely as it&#039;s in good shape. </p><p><br /></p><p>One reason I found it interesting as the carving is obviously made using machine tools, but by hand. There is a missing cut along the scroll work near the top, in the center. </p><p><br /></p><p>Fun story; at the time my Mother was dating a man who worked at LLNL, pretty senior in the security dept. He and his crew were unable to make a skeleton key for it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for reading, and enjoy the pics. Any info would be appreciated. I have more pics but having trouble uploading them.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]375518[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]375520[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]375521[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]375522[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]375523[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]375524[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]375518[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]375518[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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