Chest of Drawers

Randel & Meads
Date: c. 1808
Maker: Randel & Meads
Materials: Mahogany, mahogany veneer, pine, yellow poplar, brass
Marks:

Printed label at center in top drawer: “All kinds of / Cabinet work/ made and sold by/ Randel & Meads/ Upper end of Hudson Street/ Albany.” In pencil inside top drawer at right: “W.B. / Wescott Burlingame.” On bottom of case in chalk: “Meads & Randel/ Nov.22, 1802.” 

Inscription:

Signed in chalk on back: “Meads/ 9929.”

Credit: Gift of the estate of Majorie Doyle Rockwell
Accession Number: 1995.30.16