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Bow front chest with four graduated mahogany veneered drawers with beaded maple edges; two frontal turned legs continuing to ring and rope-turned corner columns surmounted by flat ovolo-shaped top; straight apron; four flattened ball feet; back legs with simple turning; replaced Chippendale-style brasses.
chests of drawers
case furniture
brass (alloy)
mahogany (wood)
veneer
maple (wood)
Chippendale
Empire (style)
Hepplewhite
maple (wood)
Maple
Brass
Hepplewhite
Empire
Mahogany Veneer
Chippendale
CHEST OF DRAWERS
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
38.875 x 42.875 x 20.5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.378
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