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H. L. Chalfant Antiques
Sold to a private collector at the 2003 Philadelphia Antiques Show
Diminutive Walnut Chippendale Four-Drawer Chest
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1760
Width 32"
Courtesy of H. L. Chalfant Antiques

This remarkably small chest remained in the Smith-Coleman family of Philadelphia from 1760 to the present. Bearing ogee feet and a molded overhanging top with notched corners, this piece is only 32 inches across. The average width for similar chests is 38 inches.

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