Chest of drawers
Unknown
1795–1805 · Mahogany, mahogany and birch veneers with yellow poplar, white pine · The American Wing
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.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1795–1805
- Medium
- Mahogany, mahogany and birch veneers with yellow poplar, white pine
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909
