Philadelphia Chippendale Walnut Chest of Drawers

Circa 1780, poplar and white pine secondary, rectangular top with an applied molded edge, four graduated lipped drawers, three-quarter length dust boards, flanked by fluted quarter columns, the case raised on a molded base, the whole raised on original ogee bracket feet with spur.

33.5 x 41 x 21 in.; Case width 38 in.

Private Collection, Nashville, Tennessee

Drawer bottom boards with the grain running from front to back; two large horizontal backboards; rosehead nail construction.

Top left corner has a later small spline at shrinkage split between two boards; right rear brace block is later; front left corner block is later; replaced pulls with plug holes.

$1,500 - 3,000