Flat-top walnut-veneer high chest
Chest Of Drawers
1730 – 1750 (Date manufactured/created)
1730 – 1750 (Earliest/Latest dates)
1730 – 1750 (Earliest/Latest dates)
Walnut veneer, maple, sycamore, yellow pine, eastern white pine and tulip
67.75in H
Measurement Notes: Upper case: H: 33 7/8"
W: 34 3/4"
D: 18 1/4"
Lower case: H: 33 7/8"
W: 36 1/2"
D: 19 7/8"
W: 34 3/4"
D: 18 1/4"
Lower case: H: 33 7/8"
W: 36 1/2"
D: 19 7/8"
Walnut-veneered, flat-top high chest likely made in Hartford or Windsor between 1730 and 1750.
The lower case features stiff cabriole legs ending in small, cup-shaped pad feet. The front apron has a high center arch flanked by drop pendants (replaced) and double ogees. The side aprons each have a single, wide, double ogee. The lower case contains three drawers, two larger drawers flanking a smaller center drawer that allows for the high arch in the apron. A simple midmolding is attached only to the lower case.
The upper case features five drawers: three large drawers with two smaller top drawers just below a 3.25" cornice. All the engraved brasses are original to both cases. The drawers are decorated with book-matched veneer in a herringbone pattern.
The lower case features stiff cabriole legs ending in small, cup-shaped pad feet. The front apron has a high center arch flanked by drop pendants (replaced) and double ogees. The side aprons each have a single, wide, double ogee. The lower case contains three drawers, two larger drawers flanking a smaller center drawer that allows for the high arch in the apron. A simple midmolding is attached only to the lower case.
The upper case features five drawers: three large drawers with two smaller top drawers just below a 3.25" cornice. All the engraved brasses are original to both cases. The drawers are decorated with book-matched veneer in a herringbone pattern.
Gift of Marguerite Elizabeth Mills
1986.075.055