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nice even surface, with wonderful figuring to mahogany; cornice molding with a couple small abrasions or knicks along left-facing side, the right-facing side with a few minor repairs to molding; the paneled doors to top section with replaced hinges, with some areas of fill to front and sides; the right-facing door with a few replaced segments along edge, and missing lock, with slight warping; the left-facing door with replaced wood segment along edge, missing the brass latches to interior; the interior of top section retaining two pull out clothing drawers, and with evidence of having multiple configurations of drawer supports and shelves, with extra bracket and evidence of former shelves and brackets installed (grooves, ghost marks, and screw holes visible); one backboard to top section is detached but present; the front edge of top molding to bottom section with some scratching; drawer faces with some occasional old losses to corners and few with patches along edges or corners, including a large patch to bottom-most drawer along center top edge; a couple patches to front of dust boards; feet appear to be mostly ok, with old blocking, except for front right-facing foot, which appears to have a new corner block and possibly a replaced foot facing along side, with evidence that the foot facings to this foot have been reattached (with plugged holes visible); the feet generally with some scuffing and wear commensurate with age and use, the left-facing foot facings with old gouged losses to returns, and both showing evidence of repaired breaks; the brasses are replaced, with evidence of former brasses (plugged holes from exterior and extra screw holes to interiors); one short drawer is missing an escutcheon, one brass bail to long drawer missing screw, and both bails to long drawer with some green oxidation present

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