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<p>[QUOTE="Adrian Lewis, post: 2769323, member: 12565"]I have to agree with davedempsey's French polisher, but nearer mid 20thC than earlier. The brass reinforcement/protection is quite unconvincing as far as 19thC Campaign chests go as those were made to withstand damage falling off the backs of mules over rough terrain (worst case scenario). A 19thC Campaign chest was four drawer two-piece, or two/three drawer with a desk/officer's accessory cabinet etc in the top half or variations thereof. The quarter-square beading in the drawers is also another common feature of early-mid 20thC English furniture, part hand and part machine made....if indeed English. The brass mounts are purely decorative and too thin to be of any use against damage in transit as can be seen in this image where a screw has been over tightened and bent the thin brass plate. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]279366[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Adrian Lewis, post: 2769323, member: 12565"]I have to agree with davedempsey's French polisher, but nearer mid 20thC than earlier. The brass reinforcement/protection is quite unconvincing as far as 19thC Campaign chests go as those were made to withstand damage falling off the backs of mules over rough terrain (worst case scenario). A 19thC Campaign chest was four drawer two-piece, or two/three drawer with a desk/officer's accessory cabinet etc in the top half or variations thereof. The quarter-square beading in the drawers is also another common feature of early-mid 20thC English furniture, part hand and part machine made....if indeed English. The brass mounts are purely decorative and too thin to be of any use against damage in transit as can be seen in this image where a screw has been over tightened and bent the thin brass plate. [ATTACH=full]279366[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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