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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 12111370, member: 37&quot;]As usual, I feel unqualified to comment definitively on such furniture.&nbsp; That said, I think original as made.&nbsp; Agree that construction and wear/patina suggests so. Tending toward later in your time frame than earlier.&nbsp; Would not see such a mechanism until later in the 19th century here in the States, but could be more common earlier there.&nbsp; The only thing that might suggest the extension a later addition would be if the leaves don&#039;t match the rest of the wood. Since they are not shown, can&#039;t make a determination.&nbsp; Agree with wood assessment with maple as another possibility.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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