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George E. Harrison III

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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 klein

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********SEND AND/OR POST PICTURES WITH YOUR QUESTION OR THE QUESTION WILL MOST LIKELY BE REJECTED******* 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. ****SEND PICTURES****WITH YOUR QUESTIONS ON ALL ITEMS OR THE QUESTION MAY BE REJECTED****PLEASE, NO CAMERA PHONE PICTURES as the quality is usually poor****preferred size max 1024 x 768; min 800 x 600--jpg files as attachments in ONE email to Please include the question posted to allexperts in the email so that i will know to what they refer.

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2012-05-24 McLagan Dining Room Table:

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

2012-05-24 Antique Secretary Desk:

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?

2012-05-22 McLagan Dining Room Table:

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.

2012-05-19 antique chair:

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

2012-05-19 antique dresser:

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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