American Empire Mirrored Chest

Circa 1835-45.   A superb example of Period American Empire furniture. All original, mirrored, marble topped chest of drawers. Beautifully matched, highly figured mahogany veneers throughout, compliment the tall gracefully formed mirror and arms. Both the mirror and the chest are set off perfectly by the original finely veined white marble top. The chest is comprised of three large long drawers under two smaller frieze drawers.  The smaller drawers are banded by a delicate "egg and dart" style molding. The top, sides, and base all feature a curved ogee molding and the chest sits on four graceful bracket feet. The chest retains it's original flat plate mirror, which swings from it's original hardware and is of  an exceptionally fine design. An added feature that I have never seen on an American chest of drawers, are the knobs, which are each inlaid with a bold star. This chest has never been stripped, we have repaired the small veneer losses and cleaned  and French polished it back to it's original grandeur. There is one stable, hairline, shrinkage crack on each side of the chest. All the drawers work smoothly and we have a key for the top drawer locks.   Over all fine original condition.  85" tall x 48" wide, 24" deep.  Price 4,500.