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Southern inlaid walnut dower chest, MESDA label

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Fine Southern inlaid walnut blanket chest, MESDA label with attribution to Tennessee. Overhanging lift top with breadboard ends and molded edge, cartouche shaped brass escutcheon, two half-width drawers flanked by quarter-ring-turned corner molding, atop ogee bracket feet. Interior till. Drawers have line inlay and chamfered sides. Crab lock similar to chests found in Greene and Jefferson County, TN. Secondary woods: poplar, white pine, and yellow pine. Overall in very good condition with old butterfly patch repair to interior of top, small area of wood loss to exterior of left rear foot, break to corner of right top molding edge, small old square patch to case side. Original hardware and pulls with losses to old strap hinges; old escutcheon, possibly not original. Old surface. MESDA label to left drawer (#5-11649, 11/19/82). 28" height x 50 3/4" width x 23" depth. Circa 1800.

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