I’ve Been asked by a friend to refinish an old chest of drawers and I would like to get an approximate age if possible.It is a 3 drawer chest,the wood appears to be poplar,The distinguishing part of the chest is the joining on the drawers. They are the scallop and pin,or post. I only need to be close to the age. Thanks Larry5110 [email protected]
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Larry,
Do you have a photo you can attach. That might make it easier for us to determine the age.
I'm not familiar with the term "scallop and pin" but it sounds kind of like a type drawer joinery I've seen from the early 1900s; it assembles similar to dovetails but instead of dovetail shaped pins and tails it is comprised of circular pins with a hole in the center which join to a round pins that fits through the holes?
I may not have described that so well but if it is what you're talking about, I've read that was a manufacturing technique used around the turn of the century when furniture was being produced by machines in earnest.
Matt Berger
Fine Woodworking
Matt
You described it perfectly. Don't have a picture but the condition is such that it could be 100 yrs. old . Thanks
Larry,
That joint became popular around 1880 and went on into the beggining of the 1900's
Peter
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