Lot 130
  • 130

A Queen Anne Carved Walnut High Chest, possibly by Elijah Sanderson, Salem, Massachusetts

Estimate
60,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • height 87 in. by width 42 1/2 in. by depth 22 in. (221cm by 108cm by 55.9cm)
Appears to retain its original hardware and finials

Provenance

John Walton, Jewitt City, Connecticut

Condition

white pine secondary wood; refinished; drawer runners restored; proper left front knee return replaced; proper left and right rear side knee returns replaced.
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Catalogue Note

This high chest has knee returns that are very similar to those present on a high chest in the Atkinson-Lancaster collection at the New England Historical Genealogical Society that has been attributed to Elijah Sanderson (1752-1825).  For addtional information see James B. Bell and Cynthia Dunn Fleming, "Furniture from the Atkinson-Lancaster collection at the New England Historical Genealogical Society", The Magazine Antiques, 113, no. 5 (May 1978), p.1079 and Kembel Widmer II and Judy Anderson, "Furniture from Marblehead, Massachusetts",  The Magazine Antiques, 163, no. 5 (May 2003), pp.100 and 102