Lot # 1407
Annual Summer Americana Auction, August 1 & 3, 2008
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RARE AND IMPORTANT MASSACHUSETTS PILGRIM CENTURY OAK AND PINE BLANKET CHEST WITH DRAWER,1650-1700.
Sold: $128,000.00 ($110,000)
The top with molded edge and pinned cleats lifting above a joined case with double-paneled sides and a triple-paneled front, the central section with applied geometric moldings in the form of four crosses centering a diamond boss, flanked by panels with applied moldings in the form of arches with keystones, each panel separated with applied half-spindles, above a single long drawer with two faux-drawer fronts, the whole raised on straight feet continuing from the front and rear stiles. Height 30 ½ inches, width 47 ½ inches, depth 20 ¾ inches.
Provenance:
Ex-collection Mary M. Sampson, Boston.
Literature:
Illustrated in Wallace Nutting, Furniture of the Pilgrim Century, p. 55, fig. 45; Wallace Nutting, Furniture Treasury, pl. 26; and in House Beautiful (November 1928), pp. 540-547.
Est. $70,000-$90,000
Provenance:
Ex-collection Mary M. Sampson, Boston.
Literature:
Illustrated in Wallace Nutting, Furniture of the Pilgrim Century, p. 55, fig. 45; Wallace Nutting, Furniture Treasury, pl. 26; and in House Beautiful (November 1928), pp. 540-547.
Est. $70,000-$90,000