Chest of Drawers on Frame
Probably Winchester, VA
Walnut; yellow pine and poplar
Descended in the Chester Buckwalter Family of Frederick County, Virginia
Circa 1810
H: 37”; D: 21”; W: 41”
The decorative details and construction of this chest of drawers align it with a shop or network of cabinetmaking shops in the Winchester area. The shaped skirt and vertical foot profiles, and the framed and glue-blocked base construction are characteristic of this group which includes, among others, a desk on frame catalogued by MESDA (file NN-1941), a linen press, chest of drawers in a private collection, a child’s chest of drawers (Sold by Jeffrey Evans 11/16/13, Lot #614 and an associated chest, lot #615) and a small spice/valuables chest in a private collection and the Houston family desk at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. Each has a strong Winchester history, identical moldings and scratchbeading, distinctive fine dovetailing and framed base construction with heavy blocking.
The chest descended in the Chester Buckwalter family of Frederick County VA.
Chester Arthur Buckwalter (1891-1977); farmer, Bloomery, Hampshire County, WV
William S. Buckwalter (1861-1937); farmer, Bloomery, Hampshire County WV
Anthony Buckwalter (1786-1868) b. Chester County PA – d. Bloomery, Hampshire County, WV schoolteacher and farmer.
Second generation of replaced brasses in original holes.
