Anitque Empire Chest

I've been going through pictures of some of my pieces and found photos of a few of my last piece that I painted in Alabama. We were so busy packing, and finishing up custom work, and selling the furniture we had, and tying up loose ends that they made it to my Facebook but never made it to by blog...

 This was one of those pieces I thought twice about painting, however, I bought it specifically for a client to customize so I didn't really have a choice, ha!

As far as I could tell, it still had it's original finish which was in wonderful condition, as well as the original hardware. Thankfully, my client chose the two toned finish to replicate another Empire Chest that sold out of my booth before she could get to it. So, the drawer fronts were left with the original finish and hardware, then the body was painted and distressed to show off those beautiful curves.

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