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Important documentary mahogany chest of drawers with boldly turned corner pillars raised on turned feet, of a style favoured in west Wales, bearing the pencilled maker's inscription:

"James Richards - Cartlett - April 1829"

Cartlett is a "suburb" of Haverfordwest and was the location of Joseph Mathias, the leading cabinet-maker of the town in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, about whom there is much documentary evidence but hitherto no known pieces of furniture.

44" wide, 43" high, 23" deep
112 cms wide, 109 cms high, 59 cms deep

This item is feaured in "Welsh Furniture 1250-1950"

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