A CHIPPENDALE FIGURED MAPLE CHEST-OF-DRAWERS

POSSIBLY BY JAMES MCDOWELL SR. (W. 1785-1836) AND/OR DANIEL MCDOWELL (W. 1793-1830), NEW SMYRNA, DELAWARE, 1793-1803

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A CHIPPENDALE FIGURED MAPLE CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
Possibly by James McDowell Sr. (w. 1785-1836) and/or Daniel McDowell (w. 1793-1830), New Smyrna, Delaware, 1793-1803
The rectangular top above a conforming case fitted with four graduated long drawers, on ogee bracket feet, appears to retain its original brasses
35½in. high, 39in. wide, 19½in. deep

Provenance

Israel Sack, Inc., New York City, 1995.

Lot Essay

A closely related chest with apparently identical brasses bears the label All Kinds of cabinet work Made and sold by James & Daniel McDowell Duck Creek X Roads Delaware. Duck Creek is now Smyrna, and the McDowells were working in partnership there from 1793-1803. See Waters, "Delaware Furniture" Antiques (May, 1985), p. 1144-1155.

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