Cherry Chippendale Chest

Regional furniture (North Carolina) design. Excellent proportions. Molded top, ogee bracket feet. Brown wild cherry, secondary wood is southern yellow pine, original brasses. Chippendale style. Origin Halifax, NC

Object Number: 1974.8.1

Dimensions: 37” H x 40” W x 22 1/2” D

Given in memory of Mrs. William Seymour Burnett (Eunice Irene Gavin), Mrs. Edwards Gantt Muse (Annie Mariah Burnett), and in honor of Mrs. Robert Peel Dicks (Nora Louise Thompson) and Mrs. Francis E. Winslow (Nemmie Garrett Paris)

Estimated age: circa 1780