What wood type is this?

I have a mirror from the late 19th or early 20th century and its structure and the the back of it is wood, painted black. I had to take it apart for a repair, and can't figure out what type of wood it's made from. The mirror is likely French, Italian, Russian, Dutch, or German. Continental anyways.
The wood is not terribly heavy, and certainly not hard enough to be oak. There's a very mild but aromatic and intriquing smell to it that I don't know how to describe. Maybe honey with some tobacco and woodsy smells, but very mild and old-smelling at this point.

The second picture shows a part where the paint from the back of the piece has been stripped.

 

Kind of hard to tell from these pics but possibly mahogany.

 

I thought that too, but why would anyone have used any kind of little more "precious" wood for this, when the wood is not one bit visible? The mirror glass and metal fittings cover the front completely and the back is painted black.

 

There was a terrible fight in the original owner's parlor, and the protagonist completely demolished the mahogany sideboard. Once the dead were carried out (on a shingle, of course) the owner was left with a great pile of wood which could never be reassembled into a piece of furniture. So, the owner, who was skilled at re-purposing, utilized certain pieces in various clever ways: a couple of mirrors, a headboard, extra shelving in the larder, etc.