While we're waiting for RegularJoe's Mystery Score to arrive, here's another wee bit of inspiration...
I got this Chinese cabinet on Craigslist for $99 bucks:
Up close on the inlay on the doors:
Hardware on the big doors:
Hardware on the smaller doors:
Wear marks on the drawer openings from the rails of the drawers:
Interior door, multi-piece construction on the lower doors:
Old laquer, wear, wood shrinkage:
Interior more wear, wood shrinkage. (That little alter was $30, and the two old architectural foo dogs were $30. Paid more for the opera doll!)
And finally, here's the sales tag that came with it from the antique dealer that the seller purchased it from:
Not too bad for $99 bucks!
