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Bonnet-top Chest-on-Chest
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Jeffrey Saylor
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Maker Name
Saylor, Jeffrey
Accession Number
2018.065
Period
Chippendale
Materials
Cherry
Finish
Shellac
Address
City
Mifflintown
State
PA
Country
USA
Contact
Email
This is a reproduction of a circa 1780 Chippendale cherry bonnet-top chest-on-chest owned by C.L. Prickett, an antiques dealer in Yardley, PA. The piece, item 4896, was on display at the Philadelphia Antiques Show in 2010. I was allowed to photograph and measure the original and created all the moldings by hand-carving and molding planes.
A nearly identical chest (in tiger maple) is in the Winterthur collection and is pictured in American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods by Joseph Downs, no. 182.