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Doug Miller[_4_] Doug Miller[_4_] is offline
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Default REQ: Wood/Furniture Identification

Casper wrote in news:57p3hc171qkeoorefv6meocpegsi4ob4rt@
4ax.com:

My other half got a dresser when grandma moved to adult living and
sold her home. GMA said it was 100-125+ years old and made of
mahogany. I am trying to identify the wood and style.

Drawer bottom...
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...2008%207%2055%

2009%20PM.jpg

Close-up of drawer bottom...
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...2008%207%2055%

2058%20PM.jpg

Very definitely quartersawn sycamore -- I've made enough furniture with QS sycamore to
recognize it at a glance.