A CLASSICAL MAHOGANY CHEST-OF-DRAWERS

ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES PARKS (BORN CIRCA 1795, WORKING 1823-1850), SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1830

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A CLASSICAL MAHOGANY CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
Attributed to Charles Parks (born circa 1795, working 1823-1850), Springfield, Massachusetts, circa 1830
The graduated stepped drawers above a conforming frame fitted with three stacked drawers, all with opalescent white glass pulls, possibly from the Sandwich Company, flanked by turned columns on ball- and ring-turned tapering feet, backboards with inscriptions, Pike and P...k (possibly Parks)
56.1/8in. high, 43in. wide, 20.15/16in. deep

Lot Essay

For a similar chest of drawers made and signed by Charles Parks see Gail Nessell Colglazier, exhibition catalogue, Springfield Furniture, 1750-1850: A Large and Rich Assortment, Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, April 27-December 31, 1990, cover illustration and p.47. For more information on Parks see Colglazier, p.55.

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