Can you hang onto the pieces till campingboy gets back with an opinion from the furniture maker he's taking the pics to? Also...fine furniture makers usually burn a mark or name into the lesser woods they use on the inner structure of the drawers. Look on all sides of the inner parts of every drawer. If the piece is really old and tattered, often times some folks would replace the inner parts.

So sorry for your loss...they look like beautiful pieces of funiture!

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