Jack Plane, on a blog i follow, is a retired antique furniture guy from GB, he's retired now in Australia, very knowledgeable about English/Irish...
In England YES! Don't know about here. Yes, looks like someone tried to "improve" this piece, I'd say it didn't work out real well.
agrees!
Weird on that leg, it looks like "tramp art". I would guess if legs are not replaced, someone cut those notches, i don't think they were...
No, sorry I don't, i love the painted look if done correctly & know some dealers who specialize in taking old furniture to paint & some of it...
I don't think I'd call this "primitive", it has more the look of a late Hepplewhite sideboard that got "remodeled" into something odd.
Agrees and, I LOVE PAINT! Yes, legs/feet appear to be replaced, along with other stuff like doors. Additionally, 2 end doors have regular/hidden...
No, the wire nails with "heads" on them
Yeah, I'd say that is probably correct, it's not old, now that i have read entire thread & looked at photo's again, can't be with those modern...
Yeah, dunno, wayyyyyy outa my field of knowledge but the thru-tenon joinery reminds me of mission style a bit. I'd guess 20th century but really...
No problem, always delighted to bore people to death talkin old furniture! never met a collector who wasn't!
lol, Yeah, is! bet it was made in same factory. According to Bradford, maple drawer construction & original drawer pulls so given that, $450. in a...
Similar form here, sold at Bradfords in Kansas City, only the "lock side" is on the right hand stile. [ATTACH]
And i was having such a SPLENDID time rattling on about hardware! :p I only have 2 pieces of 18th century american furniture that have their...
Most collectors of early american stuff want the brass hardware to be original if possible, yes, even though we are aware it is imported from britain.
Well, I did that Bakers in 1st post, LOL, maybe no one noticed, first words out my mouth in first post were not a period chest! But since he asked...
Then, there are "centenial" highboys, chests that were built in 1876 as a celebration of 1776, many were hand made as a tribute to that earlier...
The top from the base? Yes, all highboys were built in 2 pieces. OP highboy does not look period to me but, can't see any construction details....
Isn't sure it is a side lock but it looks like one, there is what looks like a key hole half way down the left hand stile. Pics leave much to be...
As i have already blown this thread apart, may as well keep going. The American colonies were not allowed to have foundries, the British govt...
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