MidEarly 19th C. American Mid-Atlantic Four Drawer Chest in the Federal Federal Style

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Early 19th C. American Four Drawer Chest - likely Mid-Atlantic.

Walnut with nice veneers on top and on drawer facings. … Read more Early 19th C. American Four Drawer Chest - likely Mid-Atlantic.

Walnut with nice veneers on top and on drawer facings. Lily pine and poplar secondary woods, suggesting 1810 - 1830.

Hardware presents with wonderful patina and a handsome American Eagle patriotic motif.

Two board top and sides - all very tidy and press well.

Four graduated dovetail drawers, with a nicely detailed skirt along the lower perimeter.

40" tall, 40.5" wide, 19.25" deep - with a 5" step up skirt from the floor.

Minor losses to the veneer but still quite correct and handsome, overall.

In keeping with Aesop's fable, Fox and Crow's Motto is "Beware of False Flattery!" So, with each listing we offer a true confession about the item...

Sometimes an item is so well sorted, so simple, so clean, and so honest that it stands out by not trying to stand out.

This is just one of those pieces.

Quality for sure, strong Virginia/Maryland/Delaware pedigree, clean as a whistle - and one you can live with, use and enjoy for decades (centuries?) yet to come.

Pieces like this often prompt my husband to mutter to himself..."why would anyone buy a new chest when they could have three of these instead?!"

Well, we hope you'll choose this path...don't be like those folks! See less