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Arthur "Espenet" Carpenter

Chess Table and Set

Auction Closed

June 10, 03:47 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Arthur "Espenet" Carpenter

Chess Table and Set


1969

comprising one table and 32 chess pieces

walnut, bird's eye maple, rosewood, bay

signed Espenet and numbered 6922

table: 20⅛ x 31 x 20 in. (51.1 x 78.7 x 50.8 cm)

Rago Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey, June 9, 2013, lot 810
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Julie Hall, Tradition and Change: The New American Craftsman, New York, 1977, p. 52 (for the chess set)
Michael A. Stone, Contemporary American Woodworkers, Salt Lake City, 1986, p. 95 (for a related table)