Lot 860
  • 860

Fine Federal Inlaid and Figured Mahogany and Rosewood Chest of Drawers, workshop of Thomas Seymour, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1810

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • Mahogany, pine and chestnut
  • Height 40 in. by Width 42 3/4 in. by Depth 21 1/2 in.

Provenance

Bernard & S. Dean Levy Inc., New York.

Literature

Robert D. Mussey Jr., The Furniture Masterworks of John and Thomas Seymour, (Salem, MA: Peabody Essex Museum; Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2003), p. 245, no. 55 (noted).

Condition

Minor patches to the veneer throughout. Secondary wood: white pine
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