Important Americana: The Charles and Olenka Santore Collection

'Compass Artist' Paint-Decorated Poplar Dome-Top Box, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Circa 1790

Auction Closed

January 20, 12:37 AM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

'Compass Artist' Paint-Decorated Poplar Dome-Top Box

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Circa 1790

Height 5¼ in. by Width 7¼ in. by Depth 4⅝ in.

Clyde Youtz, Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania;
Van Tassel Baumann, Malvern, Pennsylvania.

For additional information on the Compass Artist and the boxes created in Lancaster see Wendy A. Cooper, Patricia Edmonson, and Lisa M. Minardi, "The Compass Artist of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," American Furniture 2009, Luke Beckerdite editor, (Milwaukee, WI: Chipstone Foundation, 2009), p. 62-87.

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