Chest of Drawers

This chest belongs to a group of related chests on frames and sugar desks that have histories along the Ohio River in Mason County, Kentucky. One piece in the group is inscribed with the name Peter Tuttle. Scholarship has suggested that the chests were the products of a handful of related shops in Mason County, of which one may have been Tuttle's.

The regional form of the chest with its short, square cabriole legs was probably influenced by makers or objects from Louisiana where that short, square, curved leg appears on armoires and longer versions on tables. Trade along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers probably brought this inspiration to Mason County, Kentucky.
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