Chest of drawers, 1795–1805, Made in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States, American, Mahogany, mahogany and birch veneers with yellow poplar, white pine, 38 x 40 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (96.5 x 102.9 x 54.6 cm), Furniture, New England cabinetmakers often used birch veneer as a less expensive substitute for imported satinwood. The crotch-veneer panels on the drawers of this chest were carefully book-matched. The drop-panel in the center of the base is characteristic of Portsmouth, New Hampshire-style case furniture in the Federal period
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Chest, drawers, 1795–1805, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States, American, Mahogany, mahogany, birch veneers, yellow poplar, white pine, 38 x 40 1/2 21 1/2, 96.5 102.9 54.6 cm, Furniture, England, cabinetmakers, veneer, less expensive, substitute, imported satinwood, crotch-veneer panels, chest, carefully book-matched, drop-panel, center, base, characteristic, Hampshire-style, case, furniture, Federal period
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