CONNECTICUT, 1790-1810
Details
A FEDERAL INLAID CHERRYWOOD SERPENTINE-FRONT CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
connecticut, 1790-1810
The rectangular top with serpentine front above a conforming case fitted with three graduated band inlaid long drawers flanked by rectangular reserves oulined with rope twist-inlay and centering diamond and fan inlay over a molded base, on short cabriole legs with shaped knee returnes and ball-and-claw feet
43in. high, 45¼in. wide, 24in. deep
connecticut, 1790-1810
The rectangular top with serpentine front above a conforming case fitted with three graduated band inlaid long drawers flanked by rectangular reserves oulined with rope twist-inlay and centering diamond and fan inlay over a molded base, on short cabriole legs with shaped knee returnes and ball-and-claw feet
43in. high, 45¼in. wide, 24in. deep
Literature
Morrison Heckscher, American Furniture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Late Colonial Period, the Queen Anne and Chippendale Styles (New York, 1985), vol. II, p. 219-220, fig. 141.