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Was this really made for records ?

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 11:57 am
by soundgen
Was this really made for records ? seems rather large !


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Art-Deco ... 2c725cce57

Re: Was this really made for records ?

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 1:10 pm
by FloridaClay
Looks like the top could well have been designed for records.

Clay

Re: Was this really made for records ?

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 1:40 pm
by soundgen
FloridaClay wrote:Looks like the top could well have been designed for records.

Clay
Why is it 14" deep ? 14" Pathé records ? are there 14" records in the US ?

Re: Was this really made for records ?

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 2:12 pm
by estott
soundgen wrote:
FloridaClay wrote:Looks like the top could well have been designed for records.

Clay
Why is it 14" deep ? 14" Pathé records ? are there 14" records in the US ?
Possibly just to make it easier to lift the records out by the edges.

One thing gets me - How is this "Art Deco" - it has Queen Anne feet!

Re: Was this really made for records ?

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 2:17 pm
by FloridaClay
[quote="estott] One thing gets me - How is this "Art Deco" - it has Queen Anne feet![/quote]

Agree. Looks rather handsome to me, but a real stretch to call it Art Deco.

Clay