Lot 378
  • 378

A Very Fine Queen Anne Grain Paint-Decorated Tall Chest of Drawers-on-Frame, possibly Dunlap School, New Hampshire, circa 1800

Estimate
50,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description

  • wood
  • Height 56 1/4 in. by Width 39 3/4 in. by Depth 20 1/4 in.
The back of the drawers inscribed in chalk with a calligraphic B.

Provenance

Evelyn Wilcoxen, Henniker, New Hampshire;
Stewart E. Gregory, Wilton, Connecticut;
Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, Important American Folk Art and Furniture: the Distinguished Collection of the Late Stewart E. Gregory, Wilton, Connecticut, January 20, 1979, sale 4209, lot 315.

Condition

The secondary wood is white pine. Three triangular corner braces have been added to the frame in the mid 19th century to stabilize it. Wear to paint commensurate with age. Several small areas on front of drawer with later inpaint. Paint not examined under black light.
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Catalogue Note

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