Category

FURNITURE

Object Name

Chest of Drawers

MESDA Craftsman ID Number

8737

Place Made

Milton, Caswell County, North Carolina

Date

c. 1840

Materials

mahogany __primary ||mahogany veneer __secondary ||poplar __secondary ||yellow pine __secondary

Dimensions

[Overall Ht]83.5″ __[Overall Wdth]39″ __[Overall Depth]22″

Description

Mahogany chest of drawers with mirror or dressing beureau with mirror; mahogany veneers, poplar and white pine secondary; rectangular ogee swivel mirror with tall columnar supports with turned and tiered finial posts; marble top with rounded corners and three side-by-side recessed glove drawers; the case with three long reverse-graduated drawers; all drawers with book-matched burl veneers; case with rounded corners, paneled sides; the case raised on bold turned feet.

All drawers with pencil inscriptions to underside of drawers with possible initials of “J. A.” and corresponding number, the glove drawers with some later pencil inscriptions; interior case with other lead pencil numbering.

MAKER/CRAFTPERSONS: possibly attributed to Thomas Day, Milton, Caswell County, NC, by Leland Little Auctions.

Object Location

Sold at Leland Little, Hillsborough, NC 12 March 2022

Photo Number

NN-2649

File Location

NCP-5-214/NCP-37-13

History

Private Collection, NC

Alterations-Condition

Minor veneer chips; rear bottom back board original but likely flipped given the evidence of two inset attachment holes; missing two locks.

Sign/Marks

pencil on underside of small drawer bottoms – possibly these intials __J. A.

Examined

Not Examined by MESDA