QUEEN ANNE CHERRYWOOD HIGH CHEST OF DRAWERS, probably Oyster Bay or Huntington, New York, Circa 1770

Detachable legs replaced.

Nathan Liverant, Colchester, Connecticut;
Copake Auction, Copake, New York, October 30, 2004.

Some age cracks to sides. Returns, removable legs, and two blocks replaced. Replaced hardware. Top drawer with 1/2 inch patch. Second drawer from top with 6 inches of bottom edge patched and 1 x 1/2 inch of proper left lower corner patched. Drawers with patches throughout.
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Since New York cabinetmakers adopted the ball and claw foot relatively early as compared to other cities, a Queen Anne slipper foot high chest of drawers is an uncommon find; although, slipper feet high chests of drawers, when found, are almost exclusively from either New York or Rhode Island. A maple example with a similar cyma-curved skirt and slipper feet was sold at Sotheby’s, New York, September 26, 2008, lot 42, but its straighter and longer cabriole legs indicate its Rhode Island origins as compared to the more curved cabriole legs of this New York example. A similar example from New York with five graduated drawers in the upper section and a long drawer over two square drawers flanking a central rectangular one and all over a curved skirt and cabriole legs is in the New-York Historical Society (1870.8).