Collect: Americana

stand: evidence that it once had a lift-lid top, with hinge holes to backside filled, originally had brass pulls on the sides, with holes evident to interior sides, likely later fitted with drawers, the runners are later, overall having a nice polished surface, the inlay with some occasional losses and cracks commensurate with age and use, the feet with a few mends and showing some minor old worm holes, the stretcher with some age splits, having reinforcement segments to underside, the drawer interiors varnished; box: the inlay with some losses commensurate with age, the veneer with areas of loss, puckering, and bowing to veneer, with some noticeable losses to molded edge along sides and lid, some occasional darkened spots  of fill to front and back, later lined to interior with purple textured paper; dressing mirror: nice overall, with some occasional / expected losses to inlay and veneer commensurate with age, an area of loss to scalloped molding along base edge on left-facing side corner, and a mended break on the opposing corner, some occasional veneer patches evident, the brass escutcheon on the lowest drawer is detached but present

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