Portuguese Rococo Style Hardwood Chest
having rosewood rectangular lift top over various ripple and lattice carved ornaments and incorporating four short over two graduated long drawers, pull out writing slide with interior small drawers, base with large drawer and bracket feet, 19th century, restored
height 43 1/2 inches, top 47 1/2″ x 20 1/4″
Provenance: interior with paper label Vitorino Jose de Reizende Natural da Ilina de Sao Miguel O Fea Om Angra do HeroÃsmo em 1959. Purchased from Thomas Britt, Inc. in 1987, $5,500, receipt available, property from a private New York collection sold to benefit charitable foundations
Estimate: $1500 - $2500