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Lot 181
Southern Federal Inlaid Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Attributed to Norfolk, Virginia, early 19th century, yellow pine and poplar secondary, rectangular top with banded veneer border and edge, with lightwood line inlay top also with rear overhang, four gradauted cockbeaded drawers, each with figured veneer drawer fronts and ligtwood line inlay, full-length dustboards, the base with scalloped skirt and featuring light and darkwood line checkered inlay, shaped French bracket feet.

36.5 x 37 x 20.5 in.

Private Collection, Eastern North Carolina

Right front foot with wood loss at tip and veneer chip and loss; skirt with chipping and veneer losses; front left foot facing cut and tipped but old; left and right rear foot facings cut and tipped; replaced pulls; missing drawer locks.