virginia-federal-walnut-chest-of-drawers
Lot 3069
Virginia Federal Walnut Chest of Drawers
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Attributed to Mecklenburg county, circa 1790, yellow pine secondary, rectangular top with applied molded edge, center hinged original prospect door, three graduated interior drawers, flanked by two deep bonnet drawers with double line scribe banded motif and scratch bead, above three graduated drawers with scratch bead, raised on original shaped bracket foot base.

42 x 44 x 20 in., case width 43 in.

The Estate of the late Dr. Larry Southworth, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Acquired Bill Beck Antiques, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Ref. Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts, MESDA, Nov., 1983, Vol. 9, No.2, p.36-42

A good example from this cabinet group.

Top with some dark staining; top molded edge possibly later; prospect door with later hinges; later pulls; drawer runners rebuilt; later screws stabilizing original feet; missing escutcheons.