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circa 1790-1810, Wilmington, North Carolina, mahogany, mahogany veneer, yellow pine and poplar secondary, three upper side by side drawers above a central recessed cabinet concealed by two hinged doors flanked by two deep drawers, the case raised on six square tapered legs, important inlay details include each drawer and door with a triple line inlaid lozenge form, top of stiles feature a vertical side by side inlay above a 3.75 inch diamond line inlay above a paneled line inlay, the top of each leg features an inlaid pinwheel above a line inlay tapered panel, cuff inlays to lower leg. 41 7/8 x 66 1/4 x 24 in. Descended from William B. Giles Exhibited: St. John Museum of Art and Historic Wilmington Foundation, Wilmington, NC, November 3 - December 30, 1989. Literature John Bivins, Jr., Wilmington Furniture 1720-1860 (St. John's Museum of Art and Historic Wilmington Foundation, 1989), p. 62, P30-30a. John Bivins, Jr., The Furniture of Coastal North Carolina 1700 - 1820, (The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, 1988), p. 421, Pl 7.43-7.43a. "Furniture of lower Cape Fear, North Carolina," The Magazine Antiques," vol. CXXXVII, no. 5, May 1990, p. 1202-1213, Pl XII. MESDA Reference File - S12130
Three long separation cracks to top; replaced pulls; plugs and patches to left and right upper side drawers where pulls once were; several veneer chips and losses; both deep drawers with cut and patch at escutcheons; veneer buckling to right deep drawer; replaced hinges to cabinet doors; cut and patch to left cabinet door at inside corner; later bracing to underside of top board and side panels; other imperfections.