american-chippendale-miniature-inlaid-chest-of-drawers
Lot 3309
American Chippendale Miniature Inlaid Chest of Drawers
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Circa 1720, mahogany and white pine case with light and dark wood inlay, white pine secondary, the top with star and diamond inlays, three flush drawers, the drawer edges and case edges with barber pole inlay, case sides with paterae inlay, ogee bracket feet.

7 x 7 x 4.25 in.

The Estate of the late Dr. Larry Southworth, Fredericksburg, Virginia

From the John B. and Marjorie S. Schorsch Sale, Sotheby's, May 1st and 2nd, 1981, Lot 406

Note the rear feet are dovetailed to the case; back of case retaining old paper label with ink reading "M. Wiggin."

One pull detached and missing; inlay buckling and losses; break and repair to front left foot and the rear right foot, but original.