Lot 2007
  • 2007

Pilgrim Century Joined and Carved Oak and Pine with Turned Maple "Sunflower" Chest with Two Drawers, Wethersfield, Connecticut, circa 1680

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • oak, pine, maple
  • Height 41 1/2 in. by Width 48 in. by Depth 20 1/2 in.
bottom 5 inches of legs replaced.

Provenance

John Walton, Jewett City, Connecticut.

Literature

George Parker, “Early American Furniture in Wisconsin,” Wisconsin Academy Review,  43: 2 (Spring 1997), 1,5.

Condition

case width: 45 in. case depth: 20 in. Chest ended out 5 1/4 inches. Triangular repair to proper right back edge of top adjacent to hinge.
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