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PLATE III. . (North Carolina—c. 1700-1730). A chest made of Southern pine, with the paneled end of the earlier type. The overlapping drawers indicate the date as being in the first quarter of the eighteenth century. The handles, which are original, are exactly like those found on the drawers of gate-leg tables. (Property of W. S. Ahern).

PLATE IV. . (North Carolina—c. 1740-1760). Numerous chests of this type have been found in North Carolina, and it is a style that was popular in the South. Some found have about half the number of drawers as the one illustrated.

PLATE IV. . (North Carolina—c. 1740-1760). A rare type of low chest of fine quality.

PLATE V. . (Maryland—c. 1700). A type rarely found complete, due to the fragile construction of the legs and under-stretchers. The legs have what is known as the bowl or cup turnings and onion feet. It has poplar drawer linings, and the back is Southern pine. (Property of J. K. Beard).

PLATE VI. . (Virginia—c. 1730-1750). A scroll-top highboy of the plainer type, with the scrolls added to the flat top. The fan or shell decoration is often found on highboys of this period. All types of highboys are rare in the South, and the finer made ones are rarely found showing Southern workmanship. These pieces are illustrated to show the different styles in various periods and not as a standard of excellence. (Property of Mrs. J. S. Archer).

PLATE VII. . (North Carolina—c. 1760-1780). An inlaid highboy of a style peculiar to the outlying districts of the South. Not a finely executed piece, but one that presents certain interests, as it never has been finished. Part of the drawer fronts have not been pierced for the handles. (Property of Mrs. Paul Chatham).

PLATE VIII. . (South Carolina—c. 1770-1780). A type resembling the chests found with oxbow fronts. The date is indicated by the handles, although chests of this type were made earlier in the Chippendale period. (Property of Mrs. E. M. Crutchfield).

PLATE VIII. . (Maryland—c. 1790). A fine veneered and inlaid chest with the inset fluted corners. It is Chippendale style, but the inlay indicates the Hepplewhite period. (Property of Mrs. Fred Sampson).

PLATE IX. . (South Carolina—c. 1790). This finely inlaid mahogany chest of drawers shows the serpentine front with French feet. The matched veneered front is the