Chest of drawers, 1795–1805, Made in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States, American, Mahogany, mahogany and birch veneers

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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. ( x x 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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