Antique American Mahogany Federal Carved Corner Cabinet East Tennessee 1820 Decorative Arts Yale Center for British Art

Yale Center for British Art

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Antique American Mahogany Federal Carved Corner Cabinet East Tennessee 1820 Decorative Arts Yale Center for British ArtA fine antique American carved mahogany late Federal period corner cabinet, East Tennessee, circa 1820. The cabinet with a twin 'Swan's Neck' pediment to the top with carved rosettes, to the center is is a urn shaped flaming finial above a corresponding rosette. The cabinet having two sets of doors with astragal glazing, the upper doors enclosing three shaped shelves, the lower doors enclosing a single shelf, the interior with original paint. To the