Red-painted Carved Cherry High Chest of Drawers

Description:

Red-painted Carved Cherry High Chest of Drawers, Elijah Booth, Woodbury, Connecticut, mid-18th century, the nine-drawer upper section with flat molded cornice above deeply fan-carved central drawer, set into four-drawer lower section centering a similarly fan-carved drawer, shaped skirt with drop pendants joining cabriole legs with C-scroll knees ending in pad feet on tall platforms, mostly original brasses, old surface, (minor imperfections),ht. 79 1/4, lower case wd. 39 1/4, lower case dp. 20 1/4 in.
Estimate $8,000-12,000

drop pendants old but likely not original; one return gone, others replaced; scratches and scrapes to outer front legs; losses to thumbmolding along top of lower right drawer; four brasses matching but are replacements


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