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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 760770, member: 37&quot;]It is a period piece so late 19th or early 20th century.&nbsp; There are arts and crafts period transitional from the Victorian age pieces such as this that are not well categorized.&nbsp; They tend to be more elaborate than mainstream American arts and crafts period pieces and are often characterized by brass mounts such as is seen on this escutcheon and some carved details.&nbsp; Most were made in Grand Rapids or upstate New York and tended to be a bit more expensive than the standard fare.&nbsp; Consequently, there are not a lot of them out there.&nbsp; They do pop up from time to time but I have never heard them called anything but late Victorian or arts and crafts, fitting neither very neatly.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>They are more akin to British arts and crafts pieces as seen in similarities to the piece posted by houseful.&nbsp; Another comparison can be made to the very early Prairie furnishings as designed by H. H. Richardson.&nbsp; Here is a drop front by him that bears some marginal similarity to your piece, through the use of brass mounts and face detail carving.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=images&amp;cd=&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjy1ffZtKvjAhXCHc0KHdylBcUQjRx6BAgBEAU&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fcurranantiques.com%2Fc1884-oak-bureau%2F&amp;psig=AOvVaw3L95sgHemyGiSwpdLhkDE9&amp;ust=1562884511374098" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=images&amp;cd=&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjy1ffZtKvjAhXCHc0KHdylBcUQjRx6BAgBEAU&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fcurranantiques.com%2Fc1884-oak-bureau%2F&amp;psig=AOvVaw3L95sgHemyGiSwpdLhkDE9&amp;ust=1562884511374098" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://curranantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bureau1-sold-Very-Important-c1884-Oak-Bureau-Designed-by-H.H.-Richardson-and-executed-by-A.H.-Davenport-Co.-Boston-Mass.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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