CHEST OF DRAWERS

Description: TWO LARGE RECTANGULAR WOOD CHESTS WITH NUMEROUS DRAWERS BUILT INTO IT. CHEST HAS DARK STAINED WOOD PANELS ON SIDES. ON ONE CHEST THE MIDDLE PANEL ON THE LEFT SIDE HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH AN OLDER ONE WITH WORN FINISH. BACKS AND BOTTOMS OF CHEST ARE UNFINISHED AND NEITHER HAS A TOP. EACH CHEST CONTAINS 42 DRAWERS. THE DRAWERS ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE LEVELS WITH 14 DRAWERS ON EACH LEVEL. HOWEVER, FROM THE FRONT IT APPEARS THAT EACH ROW HAS THREE DRAWERS INSTEAD OF TWO. THIS IS BECAUSE THE MIDDLE AND RIGHT DRAWERS ARE ACTUALLY A SINGLE DRAWER WITH A WOOD DIVIDER. THE DRAWERS DOWN THE LEFT SIDE MEASURE 40.5CM X 25.5CM X 4CM. THE DRAW TO THE RIGHT MEASURES 52.1CM X 40.5CM X 4CM. THE LEFT DRAW HAS TWO HOLES AT BOTTOM FRONT. EACH DRAW ON LEFT HAS SINGLE BRASS TITLE PLATE WITH CURVED TAB HANDLE WHICH MEASURES 7.6CM X 3.3CM. THE LARGE DRAWER TO THE RIGHT HAS TWO TITLE PLATE/HANDLES THUS GIVING THE ILLUSION OF THREE DRAWERS ACROSS. SOME OF THE LARGER DRAWERS ARE MISSING THEIR WOOD DIVIDERS. BRASS TITLE PLATE/HANDLES HAVE SLIGHT AMOUNT OF OXIDIZATION ON THEM. SOME TITLE PLATE/HANDLES ARE MISSING AS WELL. THERE ARE TWO LOOSE DIVIDERS AND THREE BRASS TITLE PLATE/HANDLES.

History: DRAWERS WERE USED AS LEGAL STATIONARY DRAWERS IN THE ORIGINAL LAW OFFICE OF ABNER GLADSTONE VIRTUE, K.C. CIRCA 1910-1920. MR. VIRTUE PASSED AWAY IN JUNE,1960.