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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 492606, member: 5066"]The form looks a little like Shaker, especially the wood pulls but, i don't think it is. Here is a similar form Shaker chest, about 1850 from Willis Henry. Notice how the drawer blades are mortise & tenon with wood pins.</p><p>"Willis Henry Shaker Auction 9/10/16 Lot 83. Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000. Realized: $780. Desc: Sister’s Chest, Pine, refinished with traces of old red & varnish, breadboard top, 3 dovetailed drawers, 2 small flanking drawers over one full drawer, all with oval bone escutcheons, top is possibly an old Shaker replacement, c. 1850, 30 1/2″ h, 33 1/2″ w, 21 1/2″ d."</p><p><a href="https://www.willishenryauctions.com/catalogs/shaker-auction-sept-10-2016/lot-83-sisters-chest/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.willishenryauctions.com/catalogs/shaker-auction-sept-10-2016/lot-83-sisters-chest/" rel="nofollow">https://www.willishenryauctions.com/catalogs/shaker-auction-sept-10-2016/lot-83-sisters-chest/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]162837[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 492606, member: 5066"]The form looks a little like Shaker, especially the wood pulls but, i don't think it is. Here is a similar form Shaker chest, about 1850 from Willis Henry. Notice how the drawer blades are mortise & tenon with wood pins. "Willis Henry Shaker Auction 9/10/16 Lot 83. Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000. Realized: $780. Desc: Sister’s Chest, Pine, refinished with traces of old red & varnish, breadboard top, 3 dovetailed drawers, 2 small flanking drawers over one full drawer, all with oval bone escutcheons, top is possibly an old Shaker replacement, c. 1850, 30 1/2″ h, 33 1/2″ w, 21 1/2″ d." [URL]https://www.willishenryauctions.com/catalogs/shaker-auction-sept-10-2016/lot-83-sisters-chest/[/URL] [ATTACH=full]162837[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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