CHESTS OF DRAWERS: MAHOGANY
About 1730-1830
Mostly simple, undecorated pieces based on classical proportions and varying more in shape than detail or construction.
Many straight-fronted, others serpentine (often with canted corners) from about 17501800, or bow-fronted, about 1780 onwards. Three or four drawers of graduated depth.
Hepplewhite-style inlaid serpentine chest, about 1800, with ’swept’ feet.
After 1800 a pair of [...]