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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nvntivs, post: 490453, member: 7975&quot;]Good evening everyone. Now here I have another little riddle.&nbsp; This cabinet I recently bought, well it has so many contradictory details that I would like to ask for your opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now from the first picture, standing as it is, I would date it to 1840-1850.&nbsp; The materials used, the color and several decorations point to this era quite exactly. But then, looking into the details I see some not really matching this age.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]162580[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>About the details moving this piece to the first half of the 19th century:</p><p><br /></p><p>First of all I removed the square keyhole covers, since I thought that they mismatch the design and aha! Just as I thought – they are some later, but also old replacements. Initially every keyhole had the same escutcheon like you can see on picture 3.[ATTACH=full]162581[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]162582[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one is made of mother of pearl I think, and a rather thick one. Easily 2-2,5 mm thick.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now this would also confirm the idea of 1840-1850 since as far as I recall this was one of the favorite shapes of keyhole décor these days.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also the lock with the initials, the nice iron key and the hand forged nails for the drawers fit the estimated age.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]162583[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But now to speak of the questionable parts: Picture 4 shows an adjustable shelf system I never saw in furniture of before 1890. All pieces I compared this one to had the usual bars attached to the sides with a shelf simply put on them.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]162584[/ATTACH]</p><p>Also the veneer seems to be too thin for this era. It is almost nowhere thicker than 1 mm, often even thinner… more like 0,6-0,8 mm (difficult to say using only a metal ruler but definitely less than 1) - this is one of the small drawers from the top part.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]162585[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also the top drawer with the many compartments seems a bit weird. The little white knobs feels like china. They are actually screws with the threaded stem being screwed in the wood and then a head of the same material screwed on the stem.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, this entire composition looks a bit weird compared to the design of the cabinet itself. Almost English.&nbsp; The big lock is a modern replacement.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]162586[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, so far my thoughts about it. Now I am thrilled to learn yours! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> The next pictures re just to help you find any clues.[ATTACH=full]162588[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]162587[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]162589[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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