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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;elarnia, post: 6784, member: 159&quot;]Apparently Grandfather had a friend at the university in Athens (he was on the faculty there) research it &amp; had the knobs finished to go with the chest.The deep, dark, never to be spoken of family secret <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />(I gather grandmother didn&#039;t entirely approve) was that by the time he got to it the buyer had painted it.&nbsp; He paid an expert furniture re-finisher more to get the paint off and recover the original finish as much as possible than he had for the piece. So it was made almost 200 years ago and refinished almost 100 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have my doubts abut those feet too.&nbsp; The don&#039;t really match.&nbsp; I suppose they could have been made by a cabinet maker in Indiana, but I suspect they were added later.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It was called a bonnet chest because the top drawer was deeper to accommodate the&nbsp; ladies hats. I was used to seeing the cabinet style too, but since i got this I have seen quite a few with the deeper drawer - mostly from the 1830-40 range.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think the deeper drawer has been as popular for collecting as the cabinets, but it makes a good stash for table linens and such.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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