A Chippendale Figured Mahogany Bow-Front Chest of Drawers, Possibly by Luther Metcalf (1756-1838), Salem, Massachusetts, Circa 1800

A chest with related feet is in the collection of Historic New England and was attributed to Luther Metcalf by Brock Jobe (see Brock Jobe and Myrna Kaye, New England Furniture: The Colonial Era, Selections from the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984), p. 165-7, no. 23).