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we pieced together the meager fragments that we had, lining
up nail holes and matching grains where the wood had split.
We recognized the lines and style to be Federal, possibly
dating back to Colonial times, and determined this delicate
form was once a cradle. This narrowed down our photo reference
search considerably when we consulted art and antique archives
in Philadelphia. And there we found our answer — what
we had were in fact, fragments of a
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