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Message:: [QUOTE="Richard C, post: 504365, member: 9930"]I've been puzzling about this recent acquisition of mine and need some objective opinions. The piece is hand carved walnut, and uses mortice and tenon construction. The form and the Spanish feet look correct. There is what looks like genuine wear for a well cared for piece. There is some wormwood damage mostly on the underside, which if someone was faking something I would think would have been made so this showed on the top, not hidden underneath. The turning seems out of round to the hand but I don't have calipers to measure that. There are two numbers on the bottom, one applied after sanding a bit of surface and the other stamped. I don't think either are original to the piece and appear to have been done at different times. The fonts look 19c. I've peeled back the covering and the stretcher edges look unworn enough [ATTACH=full]164947[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]164948[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]164949[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]164950[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]164951[/ATTACH] for an old piece and I don't see the mortice and tenon joining there, so I know upholstered things get pretty chewed up with re-upholstering and they may have been replaced. Please look at the pics and let me know what your think. Thanks[/QUOTE]