George III Inlaid Serpentine Front Chest of Drawers

Circa 1800, mahogany, mahogany veneer, oak and pine secondary, top with applied vertical veneered banding, pull-out upper dressing slide, above three side-by-side cockbeaded drawers, above two long graduated cockbeaded drawers all with ebonized line inlay, shaped skirt, French bracket feet with spurs.

35.5 x 46 x 23 in.

From the Estate of the late Helen T. Hutchinson, Chapel Hill, NC

Top with shrinkage crack and one inch width spline put in running the full width of chest; later pulls; shrinkage cracks and separation to left and right side panels.