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A very handsome Chippendale mahogany serpentine front chest of drawers, Newport Rhode Island, circa 1780.

Category:	Furniture - American
SubType:	Chest of Drawers
Origin:	RI
Era:	18th Century
Height:	31.125 inches
Width:	38 inches
Depth:	21 inches



This chest features extraordinary figured mahogany in the case and matched drawer fronts. The choice construction materials and refined proportions are indicative of the Newport cabinet shop of John Townsend. The shaped overhanging top has a molded edge and a matching applied under molding where the top joins the conforming serpentine case. A molded skirt joins handsome ogee bracket feet. The two center drawers are marked on the back of the drawer "Back" and the drawers are enumerated on the inside of the drawer back with "{A}, B, C, D". This method of cabinet makers notation is closely associated with the work of John Townsend- See "John Townsend Newport Cabinetmaker", Morrison Heckshire, New York MET, pg 92-3

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