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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 10525566, member: 6444&quot;]I am largely in agreement with brad, there are some good things but also likely some issues that that require a closer look. I recommend you look someplace other than here for more detailed help - getting more pics together and sending to Thomaston for an assessment is a good idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>That’s it for me, hopefully I’ve learned my lesson about offering more detailed help on this forum when it comes to early American furniture. It either leads to (at best) being ignored (<a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/help-with-nc-corner-cupboards-and-stepback.90626/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/help-with-nc-corner-cupboards-and-stepback.90626/">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/help-with-nc-corner-cupboards-and-stepback.90626/</a> ) or to (at worst) being called a bitch by numerous members (<a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/early-american-connecticut-chair.90684/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/early-american-connecticut-chair.90684/">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/early-american-connecticut-chair.90684/</a> ).</p><p><br /></p><p>But I will add what Thomaston or anyone else will looking for:</p><p>1. Reproduction, late 19th century bench made;</p><p>2. Marriage of two old or one old and one new pieces;</p><p>3. Legs, often replaced even on some partial older pieces;</p><p>4. Replaced cornice;</p><p>5. Old or new finish;</p><p>6. Brasses.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck with Thomaston. If you are a collector, not a dealer/picker I highly recommend “Fake, Fraud or Genuine: identifying authentic american antique furniture” by Myrna Kaye as a good introduction to the highly complicated but interesting field of assessing antique furniture that has been around long enough to be copied and reworked.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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