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<p>[QUOTE="joe blowski, post: 4329715, member: 17814"]Greetings! I purchased this full length Hall Mirror at auction as a project piece and I have some questions.</p><ul> <li>Any idea of the age or 'style'? There are no makers marks on the piece. It's 94" by 26"</li> <li>Looks American and made of Cherry wood to me but the veneer may be mahogany?</li> <li>What would you expect to be on the bottom shelf? I've seen them with rectangular or shaped marble. Is it a seat or a shelf to put some decorative item?</li> <li>There are pieces of the top details missing, anyone know of a mail order house which supplies these types of things?</li> <li>The bottom panel is plywood (perhaps 3 layer; see photo) and the only the top layer is carved. Is this a replacement panel?</li> <li>The top suffers from a botched repair attempt. Modern wire nails were used to secure pieces (see photo) but next to these are what appear to be older square headed nails. Are these older nails original or left over from an older repair?</li> <li>It looks like the bottom 12” or so is water damaged, the plywood panel is de-laminating. Anyone know how to stabilize this panel to keep if from further damage?<br /> <br /> Thanks in advance!<br /> [ATTACH=full]355909[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355910[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355911[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355912[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355913[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355914[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355915[/ATTACH] </li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="joe blowski, post: 4329715, member: 17814"]Greetings! I purchased this full length Hall Mirror at auction as a project piece and I have some questions. [LIST] [*]Any idea of the age or 'style'? There are no makers marks on the piece. It's 94" by 26" [*]Looks American and made of Cherry wood to me but the veneer may be mahogany? [*]What would you expect to be on the bottom shelf? I've seen them with rectangular or shaped marble. Is it a seat or a shelf to put some decorative item? [*]There are pieces of the top details missing, anyone know of a mail order house which supplies these types of things? [*]The bottom panel is plywood (perhaps 3 layer; see photo) and the only the top layer is carved. Is this a replacement panel? [*]The top suffers from a botched repair attempt. Modern wire nails were used to secure pieces (see photo) but next to these are what appear to be older square headed nails. Are these older nails original or left over from an older repair? [*]It looks like the bottom 12” or so is water damaged, the plywood panel is de-laminating. Anyone know how to stabilize this panel to keep if from further damage? Thanks in advance! [ATTACH=full]355909[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355910[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355911[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355912[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355913[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355914[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355915[/ATTACH] [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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