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Bow front chest; four graduated veneered drawers with beaded edges, molded conforming to slightly overhanging molded top; simple scallop-shaped apron with two frontal French feet; grained to simulate mahogany(?); original brasses.
chests of drawers
case furniture
brass (alloy)
cherry (wood)
graining
cherry (wood)
Federal
Cherry
Brass
Federal
Grained
CHEST OF DRAWERS
Bottom marked in white chalk: ""Ju...an Will..th[?]""
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
35.75 x 39.75 x 22.375 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.363
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