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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 513669, member: 5066"]Good point, secondary wood could be oak, it could also be quarter sawn chestnut. I know Herter Bros. used Cherry as a secondary wood on his best pieces so hardwood secondary on american furniture is rare but it did happen in this era.</p><p>In looking at drawer pics, the dovetails look american, generally speaking english dovetails are much narrower.</p><p><br /></p><p>Absolutely, and in this servers case i would, it would make a big difference price wise. Another thing in this era, many furniture makers imported other furniture and simply put their label on it at the retail level, i would bet Horner did this as well. So even a piece that has a Horner label may not be Horner.</p><p>For all these reasons & more, it just makes sense to have piece checked out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 513669, member: 5066"]Good point, secondary wood could be oak, it could also be quarter sawn chestnut. I know Herter Bros. used Cherry as a secondary wood on his best pieces so hardwood secondary on american furniture is rare but it did happen in this era. In looking at drawer pics, the dovetails look american, generally speaking english dovetails are much narrower. Absolutely, and in this servers case i would, it would make a big difference price wise. Another thing in this era, many furniture makers imported other furniture and simply put their label on it at the retail level, i would bet Horner did this as well. So even a piece that has a Horner label may not be Horner. For all these reasons & more, it just makes sense to have piece checked out.[/QUOTE]
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