High Chest of Drawers

The Huntington Museum's chest is typical of the Boston/Charlestown furniture with its characteristic proportions, graceful, elongated S-shaped, or cabriole legs, carved fans, and corkscrew finials. Curiously however, the two fans differ in style and execution, perhaps indicating that one may be a later addition.
The chest’s post and frame construction is crafted of walnut, which was typical for the region, with white pine as a secondary wood.