Property from the Collection of Jodi White Wenzl and Daniel Wenzl
A Federal Inlaid Chest of Drawers, Bellechasse County, Quebec, Canada, dated 1804
Lot Closed
January 25, 10:21 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
butternut and pine
height 47 ¾ in. by width 48 ¾ in. by depth 19 ½ in.
drawers inlaid with the date 1804 and a fish.
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For related chests see Michel Lessard, Antique Furniture of Québec: Four Centuries of Furniture Making, (Toronto, Ont.: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2002), p. 290. A related chest is in the collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (acc. no. 1980.Df.3) while two others are in the collection of the Musée de la Civilisation (acc. nos. 85-139 and 94-2966).
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