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George E. Harrison IIIU.S.
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I am able to answer most questions pertaining to the authenticity,collectability and values of high-end reproduction furniture. As an example, quality furniture produced by leading manufacturers such as Baker, Kittinger, Kindel, Saybolt-Cleland furniture companies. | |
robert kleinU.S.
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In regards to American antique, vintage and collectible furniture I can help with wood identification, styles, age, periods, historical coatings, materials, techniques, repair, restoration, refinishing.
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after a good restoration 650 retail in a shop the table is jacobean style. colonial style is an incorrect term, what they should have said is colonial revival style and that would encompass a category
check and see if there were doors at the bottom at one time, check where hinges would have been. what is the knob like protrusion on the writing surface of the fall front. any labels on the back?
This jacobean style was popular in the 1920s. wood is most likely walnut veneer on the tops and the legs sweet gum. what it is worth after restoration depends on the quality of the restoration.
The chair is a very nice kitchen or dining chair, in walnut as is appropriate for the victorian period. the easelake style incise carving places it in the late 1870s. The carved shield is a nice decoration
this is a manufactured piece, in oak, made around 1900-1915. often referred to as the golden oak period. the dovetails will be machine made. it is normal for the show woods to be different than the
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