circa 1861, yellow pine with powder blue paint, four nail construction drawers flanking a central door, maple knobs, inscribed on the side of one drawer "M.C. Jackson 1861, Georgia, Dawson Co. Barrettsville", inscribed behind door panel, 42 x 58 x 19-7/8 in.
Provenance: Descended through Jackson-Williams-Simpson family of Georgia until 1991 M.C. Jackson, William Chastain Jackson (m. Nancy Bond), Harriett Jackson Williams, Madge Williams Simpson; David A. Schorsch Antiques, Woodbury, Connecticut (with interior label and letter of description dated 1997); Property from an Important Chicago Collection
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Descended through Jackson-Williams-Simpson family of Georgia until 1991 M.C. Jackson, William Chastain Jackson (m. Nancy Bond), Harriett Jackson Williams, Madge Williams Simpson; David A. Schorsch Antiques, Woodbury, Connecticut (with interior label and letter of description dated 1997); Property from an Important Chicago Collection
current layer of blue paint revealed after restoration per David Schorsch description, wear to paint throughout with exposed wood, small area of sticky residue on top left, one iron lock set missing, proper right back leg with small stable crack near frame, some loss and split at back edge, separation at rear top seam, scattered minimal losses throughout consistent with age and use, signs of old pest damage under drawer bottoms
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