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Sheraton style bow front chest. Two frontal delicately turned legs continuing to reeded corner columns enclosing a bowed apron with figured birch veneer. The case is of a Spanish cedar veneered facia, and fitted with four lipped bowed drawers with Spanish cedar cross banding, all centering two figured birch rectangular panels. The conforming top with ovolo corners and figured birch veneered facing. Original oval brasses.
chests of drawers
case furniture
birch (wood)
Spanish cedar (wood)
veneer
rosewood (wood)
Sheraton
Chest of Drawers
Chest of Drawers
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
38 3/4 x 21 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.672
Probably New Hampshire (United States)
Probably
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