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<p>[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 1845170, member: 6444"]No, not necessarily. Mortise and tenon joints are not hard to make in the 20th century due to the help of table saws and electric drills with mortising jigs. Dowels were usually used in late 19th century and later factories to make it as cheap as possible, but there are plenty of exceptions. I can't be sure because of the poor picture quality, but it appears that only the front joint is mortise and tenon, and the rear is a dowel? (not sure but that is how it appears to me).</p><p><br /></p><p>Hand made furniture using traditional joints is still being made, so it requires a look at the piece as a whole plus many details to draw a conclusion when something was made. And trying to do it from pics without looking at it in person is always going to be tentative. When you have only a couple pictures, and they are pictures of the wrong places (i.e. pictures of the front finished surfaces) you will get no better than guesses. Based on the pics you've shown our guesses must be based solely on the overall and detail style of the piece and finish used. Sometimes the designs or finish are so incorrect that it is obvious when it was NOT made, other times styles have been copied accurately enough to make it harder to judge without the detailed backup pics that have been requested on this and all your other posts. King Louis furniture has had a strong popular following ever since it was first made in the 18th century, so there are massive numbers of later imitations around.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for me, if you want another preliminary guess, I'm with those who are saying somewhere around late 19th/turn of the 20th century or later. Putting aside that we can see only finished surfaces (plus a single construction detail); I don't see the quality of design or carving or the wear that you would expect to see on period pieces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 1845170, member: 6444"]No, not necessarily. Mortise and tenon joints are not hard to make in the 20th century due to the help of table saws and electric drills with mortising jigs. Dowels were usually used in late 19th century and later factories to make it as cheap as possible, but there are plenty of exceptions. I can't be sure because of the poor picture quality, but it appears that only the front joint is mortise and tenon, and the rear is a dowel? (not sure but that is how it appears to me). Hand made furniture using traditional joints is still being made, so it requires a look at the piece as a whole plus many details to draw a conclusion when something was made. And trying to do it from pics without looking at it in person is always going to be tentative. When you have only a couple pictures, and they are pictures of the wrong places (i.e. pictures of the front finished surfaces) you will get no better than guesses. Based on the pics you've shown our guesses must be based solely on the overall and detail style of the piece and finish used. Sometimes the designs or finish are so incorrect that it is obvious when it was NOT made, other times styles have been copied accurately enough to make it harder to judge without the detailed backup pics that have been requested on this and all your other posts. King Louis furniture has had a strong popular following ever since it was first made in the 18th century, so there are massive numbers of later imitations around. As for me, if you want another preliminary guess, I'm with those who are saying somewhere around late 19th/turn of the 20th century or later. Putting aside that we can see only finished surfaces (plus a single construction detail); I don't see the quality of design or carving or the wear that you would expect to see on period pieces.[/QUOTE]
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