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<p>[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 627602, member: 6444"]Eastlake yes, and those dovetails (pin and cove, yes) are usually pinpointed to 1880's. I guess it could be a secretary, though I've never seen one that doesn't have a fold out or pull out desk surface so I wonder how useful it would be (and whether height is right).</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually wonder if it might be a marriage, since the width of top and bottom is different, the join is lacking a moulding and just looks cut off, and it looks like the pulls are different too. Are the dovetails exactly the same on top and bottom drawers? How are the two pieces joined and what does it look like with the top removed?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 627602, member: 6444"]Eastlake yes, and those dovetails (pin and cove, yes) are usually pinpointed to 1880's. I guess it could be a secretary, though I've never seen one that doesn't have a fold out or pull out desk surface so I wonder how useful it would be (and whether height is right). I actually wonder if it might be a marriage, since the width of top and bottom is different, the join is lacking a moulding and just looks cut off, and it looks like the pulls are different too. Are the dovetails exactly the same on top and bottom drawers? How are the two pieces joined and what does it look like with the top removed?[/QUOTE]
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