Description: A period Philadelphia Chippendale walnut lowboy ca. 1765, the scalloped molded top resting above a full-width and three lip molded drawers, the central drawer bearing ornately carved foliate decoration around a central shell, all above the scalloped skirt and within fluted columnar corners, and raised upon cabriole legs having knees decorated with carved shells and terminating in ball-and-claw feet.
Type: Lowboy
Materials: Walnut, brass
Markings & Inscriptions: Unmarked
Date: Ca. 1765
Maker: Unknown, Philadelphia


Dimensions: 29.5" x 37" x 22.5"
Provenance: From a Media, Pennsylvania collection.

The top is old but replaced and has a shrinkage crack through approximately one-half of the middle. The brasses are old and possibly original. The surface bears a charming patina of age.