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THBChester Co. Pennsylvania High Chest w/ Inlaid Birds, Illustrated
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4310 Papermill Dr. NW
Knoxville, TN 37909
United States
Case Auctions is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where our gallery is located, with satellite offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Kingsport, TN – but our reach is worldwide. Established in 2005, we conduct cataloged auctions of investment-quality art and antiques under the stewardship of knowledgeabl...Read more
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LiveJan 25, 2025
Live Auction at our Knoxville Gallery featuring 1,200+ lots from fine Southern estates and private and museum collections. Sale begins Sat. Jan. 25 at 9 AM with lots #1-783 and continues Sun. Jan. 26 at 1 PM with lots #784-1261 (scroll down for separate catalog). Estates represented include Gertrude S. Caldwell, Nashville; John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville; Dr. Larry Wolfe, Nashville; Norman Luboff; plus the collection of Jon E. Jones, Cookeville, and deaccessioned art from the Hunter Museum, Vanderbilt University Museum, the Memphis-Brooks Museum, and more. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
Chester County, Pennsylvania Chippendale walnut high chest of drawers, poplar secondary. Flat cove molded, overhanging top above a row of three drawers, the center with opposing bird and herringbone inlay, two half drawers, and four graduated full-length drawers, flanked by reeded corners and resting on a molded base above tall curved Chippendale ogee bracket feet with spur returns. All drawers are dovetailed with incised lip moldings. 67" H x 39" W x 21 1/2" D. 3rd Qtr. 18th century. Note: This piece is illustrated in Schiffer, Margaret Berwind, FURNITURE AND ITS MAKERS OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1966), figs.138-9, and discussed on page 263. A copy of this book, signed by the author, is included with this lot.
Condition
Older refinish with replaced brasses. The top with the left end board being a later replacement. The lip corners of a couple of drawers with inconspicuous triangular patches (areas of loss can be viewed in the full page illustration in the Schiffer book), retains the original feet with a couple areas of putty infill.
- Provenance
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Warren K. Samples, Chester County, PA.
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