Circa 1820-40, mahogany, mahogany veneer, pine secondary, bowfront form with porringer corners, three upper small drawers, the center with divided interior, above a large fall front butler's desk with an inlaid divided and drawered interior, above three graduated cockbeaded drawers, three quarter turned applied stiles featuring acanthus carving, ring turning, spiral twist and reeding, base with applied reeded molding, turned feet.

47.5 x 50 x 23 in.

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

Center cut likely original to transport chest in two units; several veneer chips and losses including two to the upper top left and right side moldings; crack and repair to front left porringer corner; brass inlay loss to left oval; later pulls; shrinkage cracks to side panels; later bracing behind rear feet.