Antique Chippendale Tiger Maple Tall Chest of Drawers / Dresser
With our absolute highest compliments Bay Colony Antiques takes the utmost pleasure in presenting this incredible antique Tiger Maple chest of drawers. This antique tall chest is among the finest which we have been able to secure over the past several years and we feel quite fortunate to now offer this example for the consideration of collectors across the country. We believe that this chest is a product of a master cabinetmaker working in New Hampshire during the first half of the 19th century. The entire piece is demonstrative of an expertly crafted chest of drawers with visible indications of hand tooled construction apparent inside the drawer boxes and within the interior spaces of the dresser. The case is joined together with hand cut dovetails that are exposed underneath the chest and easiest to view when the chest is laid down on its back. There are deep scribe markings inside the drawer boxes that correspond to the hand cut dovetails which join each drawer together. The backboa