Circa 1850, Caswell County, North Carolina, rosewood veneer, yellow pine and poplar secondary, two upper serpentine side-by-side glove drawers supporting a shaped swivel mirror with applied scrolls to frame, base with front marble top featuring black with brown marbling, above an upper ogee drawer above three serpentine front drawers, flanked by applied convex tapered stiles, raised on distinctive carved front feet, paneled sides, straight rear feet.

88 x 42.5 x 22 in.

From the Estate of Chalmers/Coleman Springfield Plantation. Family history states that these pieces were purchased for the Springfield Plantation, on River Road in Halifax County, Virginia. Springfield Plantation, built by Dabney Cosby for David and Sarah Chalmers, contains numerous examples of Thomas Day's architectural work as documented in the book Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color, by Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll and Patricia M. Marshall.

Marble top with break and separation at center; drawer runners rebuilt; drawer guides replaced; some veneer chips at skirt; veneer chip to right rear side stile; later mirror; overall surface fading and crazing.

$1,000 - 2,000