Lot 489
  • 489

A Fine Chippendale Cherrywood Block-Front Chest of Drawers, Probably Northampton or Springfield, Massachusetts circa 1775-1790

Estimate
30,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Height 32 1/4 in. by Width 34 1/4 in. by Depth 20 in.; Case Width 32 in.
appears to retain its original hardware.

Provenance

Pioneer collector Cornelius Sanford Bull, to his nephew, the consignor

Condition

Secondary wood is white pine; refinished. corners of top rounded from wear.
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Catalogue Note

A nearly identical chest is illustrated in Thomas P. Kugelman and Alice K. Kugelman with Robert Lionetti, Connecticut Valley Furniture: Eliphalet chapin and His Contemporaries, 1750-1800, (Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 2005). pp. 308-9, no. 142.