Unusual New England Chippendale Mahogany Five Drawer Bowfront Chest
possibly Massachusetts, late 18th century, dense mahogany one board top with subtle plum pudding figuring and molded edge, five graduated long drawers with beaded edges, bold and exaggerated ogee bracket feet, white pine secondary, 37-1/8 x 42-1/2 x 23-1/4 in., case width 39-5/8 in.
Provenance: Wayne Pratt, October 2006 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $12,500, label to top drawer interior); Private Arizona Collection
Note: Massachusetts bowfront chest of drawers with similar exaggerated ogee feet illustrated in American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, Vol I (1981), p. 149, fig. p406.
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possibly Massachusetts, late 18th century, dense mahogany one board top with subtle plum pudding figuring and molded edge, five graduated long drawers with beaded edges, bold and exaggerated ogee bracket feet, white pine secondary, 37-1/8 x 42-1/2 x 23-1/4 in., case width 39-5/8 in.
Provenance: Wayne Pratt, October 2006 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $12,500, label to top drawer interior); Private Arizona Collection
Note: Massachusetts bowfront chest of drawers with similar exaggerated ogee feet illustrated in American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, Vol I (1981), p. 149, fig. p406.