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VERY FINE AND RARE QUEEN ANNE CARVED AND FIGURED MAHOGANY BONNET-TOP HIGH CHEST, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1750 |
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Height 88 1/4 in. by Width 40 1/2 in. by Depth 21 in.
The concave-molded swan’s-neck cresting with urn and corkscrew-twist flame finials, above a frieze of three drawers, the tall central drawer with block molding over four graduated drawers all with cockbeaded molding, set on a case with bolection carved molding, over a long drawer above a frieze of three drawers, the center reverse-blocked, all with original bat-wing brass bail pulls and escutcheons, above a scalloped apron with acorn drops, on cabriole legs with C-scroll molding terminating in pad feet.
Provenance
Wayne Pratt, Inc., Woodbury, Connecticut.
Condition
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
This Boston high chest exhibits a very rare characteristic of having C-scrolls carved behind it's knees. While this attribute can found on contemporaneous Boston chairs and games tables, it is rarely found on high chests. A very similar high chest with larger proportions is illustrated in Albert Sack’s The New Fine Points of Furniture Early American, (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1993), p. 194. Another related high chest, albeit without having ‘waisted’ brass, was advertised by Israel Sack, Inc., advertisement Magazine Antiques, 137:5 (May 1990) inside cover.