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Description
RARE CONNECTICUT QUEEN ANNE STEPPED CORNICE HIGH CHEST
Probably Woodbury, Connecticut, 1760-1780.
Having two case dovetailed and rosehead nail construction with unusual stepped cornice, fan and shell carved drawers. The upper case with a fan-carved drawer flanked by two short drawers, above four graduated and thumb-molded drawers. The lower case with one long drawer over three short drawers, the central having a carved lobed shell. Standing on cabriole legs, joined by a shaped skirt with drop pendant, terminating on pad feet. Original bat wing brasses and escutcheons.

Origin:	United States, Connecticut
Period:	18th Century
Materials:	Primary: cherry; Secondary: poplar, white pine
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1760-1780
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Queen Anne
Book References:	Illustrated in Edward S. Cooke, "Making Furniture in Pre-Industrial America: The Social Economy of Newtown and Woodbury, Connecticut," Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, pg. 156, fig. 31.
Incollect Reference #:	514363