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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 1660082, member: 6444&quot;]I didn&#039;t participate in this discussion since those of us in the US know English furniture only to the extent that we need to be able to distinguish early (pre victorian) furniture from that imported to satisfy the demand for early American furniture. Importing victorian furniture never made sense since by that time there were more than enough US furniture companies churning out home made furniture.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking back at *all* the pictures now it is clear that this is an earlier piece. That said, the pictures here were a mixed bag, and led to the attribution problems here *because* they were dribbled out slowly only after being coaxed for. This picture in particular does not look like it is from a victorian piece, and it was after posting this one that a few contributors thought is was 20th century. I can understand why:</p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/side12-jpg.233941/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The lesson I take, is that better pictures should be posted when a new discussion is started. And if you feel forced to make a judgement based on incomplete pictures, make sure you leave plenty of wiggle room because, as James has pointed out repeatedly, PICTURES OF FURNITURE CAN LIE.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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