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Stepped top; three small drawers recessed on top of chest and three large drawers enclosed in body of chest; small drawers and top large drawer have beveled fronts; all drawers, except top large drawer, have two round, stepped pulls; columnar pilasters terminate into turned bulbous stepped feet; back feet also turned but more slender and urn-shaped.
chests of drawers
case furniture
chestnut (wood)
mahogany (wood)
veneer
pine (wood)
chestnut (wood)
Empire (style)
pine (wood)
Pine
Chestnut
Mahogany Veneer
Empire
CHEST OF DRAWERS
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
51.75 x 46.5 x 20.5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1406
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