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<p>[QUOTE="Josey Hill, post: 10047255, member: 81689"][ATTACH=full]504427[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]504428[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]504429[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]504430[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]504432[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]504433[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]504435[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]504436[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]504437[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]504438[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]504427[/ATTACH]</p><p>I purchased this German cabinet, but the seller only mentioned that it was bought in Belgium in the 1990s for ten thousand dollars and didn’t have additional details.</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on my research, it seems to be a 17th-18th century Hamburg cabinet, which may have been cut in half and shrunken sometime in the 19th century or earlier. It’s constructed with wooden pegs, mortise and tenon joints, and hand forged nails. There are also filled-in woodworm holes, And signs of a previous restoration or two. Is my conclusion correct?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Josey Hill, post: 10047255, member: 81689"][ATTACH=full]504427[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]504428[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]504429[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]504430[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]504432[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]504433[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]504435[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]504436[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]504437[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]504438[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]504427[/ATTACH] I purchased this German cabinet, but the seller only mentioned that it was bought in Belgium in the 1990s for ten thousand dollars and didn’t have additional details. Based on my research, it seems to be a 17th-18th century Hamburg cabinet, which may have been cut in half and shrunken sometime in the 19th century or earlier. It’s constructed with wooden pegs, mortise and tenon joints, and hand forged nails. There are also filled-in woodworm holes, And signs of a previous restoration or two. Is my conclusion correct?[/QUOTE]
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