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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 545674, member: 5066&quot;]Thanks for the reply! Thought Komo ran you off! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I don&#039;t think those chippendale pulls are original. I see witness marks on drawer fronts of other pulls which makes sense as it&#039;s clearly a Hepplewhite chest.</p><p>More likely 1st half 19th century not 18th</p><p>Drawer construction is typical for that period as well.</p><p>Drawer fronts look like Birch with line &amp; fan inlays which were popular in the federal period. The cockbeaded drawers are a nice feature and indicates a professional cabinetmaker in the city, not a country piece because of that and the inlay</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a southern walnut Hepplewhite chest from east Tenn with similar inlay</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]169375[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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