Rare Queen Anne Inlaid Walnut Free Standing Cupboard, probably Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Circa 1750

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This free standing cupboard has been ornamented with an inlaid marquetry of a bird on a branch. Related inlays can be found on case pieces made in southeastern Pennsylvania beginning in 1740.  Exotic birds were popular motifs on painted and inlaid continental furniture made during the first half of the eighteenth century and immigrant craftsmen continue the tradition.  Due to the rather more simplistic nature of the bird inlay as compared to that found on piece made in the vicinity of Philadelphia suggests that the cupboard likely originated in the Lancaster County region. For additional information on southeastern Pennsylvania marquetry inlaid furniture see Lisa Minardi, "Philadelphia, Furniture, and the Pennsylvania Germans: A Reevaluation," American Furniture 2013, ed. Luke Beckerdite, (Milwaukee, WI: Chipstone Foundation, 2013), pp. 212-227.