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Lot 380
attributed to William Chiles, Mahogany Dresser
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Yanceyville, Caswell County, NC, circa 1860, mahogany, mahogany veneer, poplar and yellow pine secondary, hinged shaped rectangular mirror supported with stylized yet distinctive mirror supports above a central inset marble top flanked by two recessed small glove drawers, case with an upper long ogee drawer above three long drawers, applied scrolled stiles terminating in scrolled feet, paneled sides.

79 x 42.5 x 22 in.

Donoho Family, Longwood Plantation, Milton, NC
Robert Benton Bass, Bass Home, Cunningham, NC
Lois Angle Love, Danville, VA
by descent to current consignor


For a similar form Ref: Thomas Day Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color, Patricia Phillips Marshall & Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll, page 192-193, Fig. E.2.

Replaced mirror; several veneer chips and nicks throughout; staining and shrinkage cracks to two top glove drawers; top ogee drawer missing lock; drawer guides and runners with wear; needs some repair.

$500 - 1,000