Lot Essay
This bachelor's chest is particularly unusual with its ash-veneered top.
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Details
A GEORGE I WALNUT BACHELOR'S CHEST
Feather-banded to the top and front, the rectangular hinged figured-elm top with re-entrant corners, enclosing a quarter-veneered interior, above two short and three long drawers, on bracket feet, the lopers replaced, the feet re-veneered, the interior of the top possibly reveneered
30 in. (77.5 cm) high; 31 in. (80.5 cm) wide; 13 in. (33 cm) deep, closed
Feather-banded to the top and front, the rectangular hinged figured-elm top with re-entrant corners, enclosing a quarter-veneered interior, above two short and three long drawers, on bracket feet, the lopers replaced, the feet re-veneered, the interior of the top possibly reveneered
30 in. (77.5 cm) high; 31 in. (80.5 cm) wide; 13 in. (33 cm) deep, closed
Provenance
Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 9 April, 1987, lot 58 (37,400).