So I haven't posted in a while. This is a particularly interesting very old piece. There have been numerous small repairs. Each is marked by yellow tape. 25 in total. All repairs are reversible by gluing in with age-appropriate animal hide glue. Every original component is handmade for each location, similar parts have different dimensions. I've been able to narrow down the date of the piece. Because of the pencil marks in the first picture. The pencil was invented in 1795 in France and first manufactured in the states here in Massachusetts in Concord by a cabinet maker named William Monroe in 1812. That dates to after 1812 but before 1840 that's when furniture factories began taking over. Of course, if this was a rural country piece it could have been later. #madeinmassachusetts #antiquefurniture #firniturerepair #oldfurniture #woodworking https://www.instagram.com/p/CnDsfRIDIGk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=