A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY CHEST-OF-DRAWERS

NEW YORK, 1800-1820

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A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
New York, 1800-1820
The rectangular bowed top with inlaid edges above a conforming case fitted with four band-inlaid graduated drawers over a shaped skirt with swag-and-bellflower inlay, on French feet
37in. high, 41in. wide, 21in. deep

Lot Essay

Stephen Van Rensselaer III (1764-1839)
Stephen Van Rensselaer IV (1739-1868), son
Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend (1828-1912), daughter
Harriet Bayard Townsend Barber (1864-1942), daughter
Thomas Hunt Barber (b.1889), son
Thence by descent to John F. Barber

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