Description

This chest of drawers, part of a bedroom suite, was made in the North American "Eastlake" style by Owen McGarvey (1824-1897), one of Montreal's most prominent 19th-century furniture makers. McGarvey was an Irish immigrant who arrived in Montreal in the early 1840s and worked as a cabinetmaker, upholsterer and furniture painter. Using the English and American pattern books that were readily available in Montreal, he designed furniture that was particularly popular with the expanding middle class.

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