Lot 1685
  • 1685

FEDERAL INLAID AND FIGURED MAHOGANY AND BIRCHWOOD BOW-FRONT CHEST OF DRAWERS, PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1800-20 |

Estimate
1,500 - 1,800 USD
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Description

  • Height 37 in. by Width 40 7/8 in. by Depth 21 1/4 in.
Inscribed on underside, "Bowen c... lent to Mrs. Tucker". Appears to retain original brass drawer pulls. Retains a key.

Provenance

Philip Budrose Antiques, Marblehead, Massachusetts;
Purchase, Acquisition Fund Gift of Collector's Corner (M1967.24).

Literature

Jones, Karen M., "American furniture in the Milwaukee Art Center," Antiques, 107:5 (may 1975), p. 980, pl. v;
American Furniture with Related Decorative Arts 1660-1830, The Milwaukee Art Museum and the Layton Collection, ed. Gerald Ward, (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1991), p. 231-232, cat. no. 91.

Condition

Proper front left foot has a 2 in. by 3 in. patch at corner. The proper front right foot has a 1 in. by 9 in. patch to the front corner. Two of the drawer pulls are lacking bolts. A 1 in. by 1 in. triangular patch to the lower left corner. Other age cracks visible throughout. Secondary wood: white pine.
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