England. Circa 1770.

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With its double string inlay of boxwood and handsome brasses, this antique bachelor's chest has just the right panache to look good in a bedroom, or as an end table out in the public living room. Its depth of 18" doesn't preclude it from duty in a front hall, either. The top has matching string inlay, but that inlay is not repeated on the utilitarian oak, pull out brush slide, which bears the scars of repeated cigarette burns and ink stains.

 

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