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This looks like a lower cabinet for a tabletop model and record storage. If I was a little closer I'd check it out... (It is pretty nice looking.)

https://cookeville.craigslist.org/atq/5464693452.html

My take is a walnut Eastlake/ Aesthetic Movement music cabinet circa 1875-1880.

Old Uncle Wiggily still has a good eye.

Nice call, Uncle Wiggly (if that is in fact your real name) -- I logged in to say something about the age of this thing, but you had already done so, and the picture's worth a thousand words.

This cabinet definitely dates to before 1900, and even by then it would have been slightly old-fashioned. It's a pretty nice piece though. It's hard to tell from the pictures whether it's actually ebonized wood, or painted later; I suspect it's the latter, though, since the inside looks mahogany. But if those slots at the bottom will fit 10" records, I'd call this a really useful and handsome cabinet, and if it were close to me, I'd consider it a bargain at the price.

Pics from the ad, cropped and lightened a little, for the Permanent Record™: