Petersburg, Virginia .  Circa 1800.  Elegant and sophisticated.  Beautiful mahogany veneer on yellow pine.  Dovetailed case construction with original tall French feet.  Foot blocking is original .  Applied molding to edge of top.  Graduated drawers have applied cock beading and are dovetailed with yellow pine secondary.  Replaced brasses; missing locks.  Second drawer has repair for damage caused by Civil War bullet.  The chest came out of a Petersburg home with family history of bullet damage.

 Height: 38 1/4"; Top Width: 41 3/4"; Top Depth: 20 1/2”

Case Width: 40 3/4"; Case Depth: 19 1/2”

 $3,950  

Tennessee .  Circa 1800.  Walnut with poplar secondary.  Half-blind dovetailed case construction with original French feet.  Top with batten ends and double inlay along edge.  String inlay oval on front of case.  Inlay around the base of the chest.  Repair to top of back board due to hinge blow-out.  Till on left side missing lid.  Original strap hinges and lock.  Desirable small size.

 Height: 19"; Width: 37 1/2"; Depth: 15 3/4”

 $1,650  

Shenandoah Valley.  Circa 1730.  The walnut chest, in original finish, is Germanic in appearance and construction details.  The case is constructed with very large exposed dovetails; the base molding is applied with wooden pegs; and the original lock is Germanic.  The feet are original; each is beautifully turned with 2 decorative scratch rings around the largest portion of the ball foot.  The lower portion of the chest has 2 dovetailed, lipped drawers featuring a thumbnail edge.   The 2 board top has a thumbnail edge and battens at each end.  The blacksmith made strap hinges, applied with rivets, are early replacements, circa 1780.  The profile of the original, off-set butterfly hinges, are visible.  The interior features a till with lid over 2 dovetailed drawers.  Rose-head nails secure the bottom as well as the interior bottom to the chest.  The escutcheon and brasses are original.  The bottom, back, drawer bottom/sides/back, and till are poplar.  The sides, bottom, and back of small interior drawers are hard yellow pine.

  Height: 25 1/2 ”; Width: 47 1/2”; Depth 22”  

$7,500  

Attributed to James Gheen, Rowan County North Carolina.  Walnut with yellow pine secondary.  Dovetailed case with original bracket feet.  Base molding and feet attached with hand wrought T head nails. Foot blocking is original, each is one solid block attached with rose head nails.   The finish is old and mellow.  

Height: 41 1/4”; Width: 41 1/4”; Depth: 19” 

   $16,500  

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 Attributed to Logan County . Circa 1820.  Cherry primary and poplar secondary with old refinish. Mortise and tenoned construction.  Rectangular case with medial divider separating the front into 2 panels over 2 drawers.  The single end panels are highlighted by beveled rails.  The re-secured center divider is shaped.  The high style, intricately turned feet are constructed of 2 pieces of cherry and applied with a block to the bottom of the chest.  The feet on the left facing side of the chest are original, with bug damage to the rear foot.  The opposite feet must have suffered more severe bug damage and have been expertly reconstructed using about a third of the original turnings.   The hinged top has cleated ends and is attached to a stationery piece across the back.   The locks on case and drawers are original.  The drawers are dovetailed with chamfered bottoms riding in rabbets and nailed at the back.  The bottom of the chest is two large boards sitting in rabbets, slid in from the back of the piece.  

Case dimensions: Width: 40 9/16"; Depth: 17 7/8 "; Height: 36.5"

Top: Width: 42"; Depth 18 7/8"

$5,800

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North Carolina history.  Pine with black paint.  Two batten doors with hand forged hinges.  Open top with five shelves.  Square nail construction.  Hand planed back boards with rose-head nails.  From the Gwen & Ron Griffin collection, Greensboro , NC .

Height: 78”; Width: 39”; fits 29” corner.

 $1,800

 18th Century English Oak Chest

England . Circa 1780.  2/3 drawer oak chest.  Dovetailed case with original bracket feet.  Single board sides. Full depth dust boards of pine.  Foot blocking and some glue blocks replaced.  1 back foot return replaced.  Two board top with molded edge.  Graduated molded and lipped drawers are dovetailed with oak secondary.  .  Some drawer lip repair Drawer bottoms run front to back. All escutcheons as well as pulls on small drawers original.  Replaced brasses on 3 bottom drawers. 3 original locks/ 2 missing.   Original horizontal backboards with some pest damage and attached with rose-head nails. Fabulous small size and wonderful mellowed brown finish.

 Height: 32"; Top Width: 33 1/2"; Top Depth: 17”

Case Width: 32"; Case Depth: 16 1/4”

$2,200

Upper Shenandoah Valley, Virginia .  Circa 1870.  Yellow pine with original black paint.  Cut and round nailed construction with single board door with replaced brass pull.  Heavy plane marks on door.  Three shelves.  Wonderful old surface. 

Height: 32 1/4”; Width: 12”; Depth: 9 1/2”

Base: Width: 15”; Depth: 10”  

$575