[Arran]

This isn't one of the bullet style cabinets with a faux finish, in fact I'm not so sure that it's even one with a maple veneer, it looks like French walnut veneer to me, but it's hard to tell in a photo unless it has be wetted. Maple veneer should be more of a blond colour, and I think they used veneer with a more figured look for the front panel. There was a lot of variation in the darkness of finishes on cabinets used by the big makes, depending on who was doing the work, sometimes they would also use it to hide flaws.
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Arran