$3,318
Federal Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Bowfront Chest of Drawers, attributed to John and Thomas Seymour, Boston, probably 1807, the molded top with elliptical front above a case of four cockbeaded graduated drawers, all on flaring bracket, brasses appear to be original, old surface, ht. 32, wd. 40 1/2, dp. 22 in. Note: Eearly chalk inscription on the backboard appears to read "Doctor (or Deacon) Alden." Literature: A stylistically very similar bureau was owned by John Quincy Adams, and is discussed in The Furniture Masterworks of John & Thomas Seymour, by Robert Mussey, catalogue entry 51, pp. 236-7. secondary wood chestnut, construction of the drawers and location of the glue blocks are indicative of the Seymour shop; two sides with shrinkage cracks,
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-06-07
