Antique New England Chippendale Tiger Maple Five Drawer Tall Chest Circa 1780

With our absolute highest compliments Bay Colony Antiques takes the utmost pleasure in offering this remarkable and historically important antique chest of drawers. This chest was constructed somewhere in New England presumably close to the decade of 1780 - 1790, however could possibly predate that time frame by a generation. At this time, the influence of famous cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale was well established in the original colonies at the dawn of the American Republic. The format of this case of drawers is generally regarded as a tall chest due to the lateral configuration of drawers. Every drawer features boldly figured tiger maple along with primitive hand cut dovetailed drawer construction, chamfered drawer panels, and Queen Anne period brass drawer pulls with batwing shaped back plates and escutcheon plates. Of particular note are the cotter pins securing each drawer pull through a small, pierced hole which allows the pins to be spread along the backside of every drawer fa