Antique Furniture Salesman Sample Chest of Drawers

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An antique furniture salesman sample chest of drawers. This small handmade cherry wood chest has mortise and tenon joinery and hand cut dovetail drawers; secondary wood is poplar. The piece is rendered in an early nineteenth century American primitive style, with four drawers of equal depth, each having two round wooden knobs. Salesman sample chests were used by traveling furniture salesman to present to potential customers as examples of available full-size pieces.

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15LOU046-208