High Chest of Drawers


Date
1750-1775
Culture
American
Medium
Walnut, Pine, Brass
Object No.
1980.18
Location
Washington War Room
Description

18th-century New York red stained walnut chest of drawers. At the top is a pleated fan carving with two flanking drawers. Below are four graduated full drawers and brasses. Eliza Jumel purchased the center section as a chest of drawers, which in actuality was part of an an 18th-century high chest of drawers (missing parts remodeled in grey).