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Chest of drawers. Top has dressing glass surmounting three small drawers. All drawers have cockbeading and curly maple veneers outlined by mahogany crossbanding and ebony and satinwood stringing. Lower case has three banks of drawers, two small over two large. Engaged 3/4 columns form front posts are reeded and feet have vague urn form atop reel and taper to ball over "peg." Matching back feet. Two square posts with scroll supports hold looking glass with shaped crest. Tops of posts are round and have "acorn" finial. Looking glass in simple molded frame. Knobs on long drawers are amber with ivory backplates; others are ivory.
chests of drawers
case furniture
amber (fossil resin)
birch (wood)
veneer
brass (alloy)
ivory (tooth component)
mahogany (wood)
Norway spruce (wood)
Chest Of Drawers
Unknown
69 1/4 x 38 x 21 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Charles K. Davis
1948.124
Massachusetts (United States)
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