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- FINE FEDERAL BIRD’S
EYE MAPLE AND MAHOGANY INLAID CHERRY
- BOW-FRONT CHEST
OF DRAWERS, circa 1810.
- Attributed to the
firm of Spooner and Fitts, Athol, Massachusetts.
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- This is one of
the most elaborately inlaid examples of this form we have seen.
The ovals are of crotch cherry with choice mahogany veneer surrounds;
the drop panel is crotch birch; the rectangular panels are bird’s
eye maple; the case is cherry. The oval brasses are original.
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- Interestingly,
a nearly identical chest is in the White House Collection and
appears in The Magazine Antiques, July 1979, page 120.
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- Height 42”,
Width 44 ½”, Depth 24”.
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- © 2012 Peter
Sawyer
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and text are the property of Peter Sawyer
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