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Chest of drawers. Cherry, maple, chestnut, tulip wood, and white pine secondary wood. Brass bail handles and locks. Serpentine top with string inlay; four graduated drawers with fan and string inlay. Rests on bracket feet.
chests of drawers
case furniture
cherry (wood)
chestnut (wood)
inlay (process)
maple (wood)
American tulipwood (wood)
Norway spruce (wood)
Federal
Chest of Drawers
Chest of Drawers
2.1983
Unknown
33 1/3 x 39 1/2 x 19 1/3 (HxWxD) (inches)
1987.1429
Wesselman, Linda J. and Martha D. Hamilton. Earliest Recollections: Furnishings from the Family of Edwin B. Sears. Boston: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1984.
Probably Massachusetts (United States)
Probably
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