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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Solid Mahogany Late American Classical or Empire? Table

« on: May 22, 2013, 07:54:40 am »

Where can I find the newspaper clippings of advertisements to Meeks type furniture? I'm finding references to them but not any images. Are they in a particular book? I'm surprised they aren't available on the internet considering they'd clearly be public domain, or maybe I'm just not looking in the right places.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Solid Mahogany Late American Classical or Empire? Table

« on: May 21, 2013, 08:14:16 am »

It looks like the empire tables more often have frennels on the corners as opposed to the late classical ones that don't?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Solid Cherry Mahogany Colonial? Table

« on: May 21, 2013, 07:42:57 am »

This one looks to be almost exactly it. http://pinterest.com/pin/461689399269294777/
Thanks everyone!

Although now I'm hearing it could be revival and much newer? It was in New York in the 80s, which seems to make sense.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Solid Cherry Mahogany Colonial? Table

« on: May 21, 2013, 07:27:27 am »

And I found this one - http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/15740945_american-late-classical-mahogany-game-table

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Solid Cherry Mahogany Colonial? Table

« on: May 21, 2013, 07:25:36 am »

That pedestal does look exactly like it. But this table has been in the same configuration since my mom aquired it 30 years ago, and I don't see any signs that it was from a different piece. I suppose it is possible.

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Antique Questions Forum / Solid Mahogany Late American Classical or Empire? Table

« on: May 20, 2013, 09:37:26 pm »

This table has been described to me as an American colonial solid cherry mahogany table but by others as only being maybe 100 years old. It's the heaviest and most solid table I've ever seen, except for ones made out of a whole tree trunk, which is kind of looks like in the center actually.

Revised - looks to be late american classical or empire with solid mahogany or mahogany and cherry components

Obviously it needs a complete refinish but other than that, which is the more likely history? From looking at other tables with the above description it looks nothing like that style. It's rather short and not very practical for use, although my family used it as a dinner table for years.
http://flickr.com/gp/gamp/z5K07A
http://flickr.com/gp/gamp/G1E951
http://flickr.com/gp/gamp/bBpG4d
http://flickr.com/gp/gamp/8qJw70
http://flickr.com/gp/gamp/ne3GQ9