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Title: Please help!!
Post by: kelvin on October 10, 2010, 10:48:19 AM

Hi,

Could anyone please give me an approximate age & value for this cabinet, also is it a cabinet or a bookcase/bureau......??

I have tried to look up this information for myself but am not getting anywhere!!

Many thanks,

Kelvin

Title: Re: Please help!!
Post by: cogar on October 11, 2010, 01:50:28 AM

Kelvin, my first thought was that it is a fancy Country Secretary.

Check these sites out and you will see why I think said.

A picture:
 http://www.rubylane.com/item/332834-Y-S2340/Country-Empire-Secretary-Desk-Cherry (http://www.rubylane.com/item/332834-Y-S2340/Country-Empire-Secretary-Desk-Cherry)

A lot of pictures:
http://antiques.rubylane.com/antiques/,id=4.7.16,page=2.html (http://antiques.rubylane.com/antiques/,id=4.7.16,page=2.html)

A picture:
http://www.landmarkacres.com/country%20secretary%20(2).jpg (http://www.landmarkacres.com/country%20secretary%20(2).jpg)

From this web site:
http://www.landmarkacres.com/landmark_acres_antiques.htm (http://www.landmarkacres.com/landmark_acres_antiques.htm)