Antique Southern Walnut & Tiger Maple Raised Panel Blanket Chest on Turned Legs

With our absolute highest compliments Bay Colony Antiques takes the utmost pleasure in offering this exceptional and rare early American antique blanket chest. We believe that this specimen is in all likelihood of Virginia origin based upon the unique format and the presence of southern American walnut hardwood which comprises most of the blanket chest. The previous owner of the chest did also inform us that the family had purchased this chest decades before in Virginia and that they had subsequentially moved to another state. We routinely check the collections of museums which house regional southern furniture distinguished by county and state such as The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts for any insights we can gather about the rarest forms of southern antiques. There is no denying that this blanket chest is an early and rare southern example which is worthy of any notable institution or collection focused on the history of the early southern states. A thorough examination of