Woodbury, Connecticut, 1760-1770, with two deeply carved shell drawers, poplar, pine, and chestnut secondary, set on scroll carved cabriole legs and pad feet, acorn skirt drops, appears to retain original bat wing brasses, 79-1/4 x 41 x 21-1/2 in., Provenance: Descended in the Hurlbut family of Woodbury, Connecticut; Walton Antiques, Jewett City, Connecticut, 1988; The Ann and Joel Finn Collection; Note: Illustrated in the Jeffrey Tillou Antiques catalog,ÿThe Ann and Joel Finn Collection, pg. 20-21 (lot accompanied by copy of catalog).Illustrated in Edward S. Cooke, Making Furniture in Pre-Industrial America: The Social Economy of Woodbury, Connecticut, 1996, pg. 172, fig. 42.

very good condition overall, bottom of upper case once fitted with casters, but there is no evidence the upper and lower cases are a marriage, typical minor flaws at drawer lips, some roughness at legs (most likely as made), skirt drops and some knee returns replaced, very minor sun fading at one side, some very minor cracks and roughness at moldings, other scattered very minor flaws consistent with age and useÿ