Guilford County, circa 1820, one-piece form, poplar secondary, applied cove molded cornice above a dentil molding, upper single hinged door with twelve window lights, molded mullion, shelved interior, applied molded waist above a single lipped drawer above two lower paneled cabinet doors, doors and stiles with (18) carved applied quarter fans, canted corners, straight feet with applied ogee bracket with spurs; with key.

84.5 x 47 x 28 in.

Private Collection, Greensboro, North Carolina

Macy was recently recognized as a North Carolina craftsman often attributed to Jesse Needham. "...Quaker cabinetmaker Henry Macy (1773–1846)...was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts and migrated with his family to southern Guilford County in 1785, settling on Polecat Creek near Center Monthly Meeting. Macy appears to have trained under his cousin Hepzibeth Macy’s husband, Thomas Pierce, a Quaker cabinetmaker who was originally from Chester County, Pennsylvania. Pierce left Guilford County around 1790, as Henry Macy was becoming an adult and ready to open his own shop, but he appears to have greatly impacted the regional style with Chester County influence. An account book kept by Henry Macy beginning in 1798 survives in the Guilford County Historical Museum, listing large numbers of clients in southern Guilford and northern Randolph counties and multiple furniture forms..." -MESDA

Back rear foot now with later block, with conforming break to lower rear bottom board; replaced door hinges; upper door escutcheon moved; upper door handle missing and plugged.

$1,000 - 2,000