Chest of drawers

American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 729

New England cabinetmakers often used birch veneer as a less expensive substitute for imported satinwood. The crotch-veneer panels on the drawers of this chest were carefully book-matched. The drop-panel in the center of the base is characteristic of Portsmouth, New Hampshire-style case furniture in the Federal period.

Chest of drawers, Mahogany, mahogany and birch veneers with yellow poplar, white pine, American

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Chest of drawers, Mahogany, mahogany and birch veneers with yellow poplar, white pine, American
Chest of drawers, Mahogany, mahogany and birch veneers with yellow poplar, white pine, American
Chest of drawers, Mahogany, mahogany and birch veneers with yellow poplar, white pine, American

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