Property from the Collection of Leslie and Peter Warwick, Middletown, New Jersey
A Very Fine and Rare William and Mary Two-Drawer Paint-Decorated Blanket Chest, Ipswich, Massachusetts, Circa 1725
No reserve
Auction Closed
January 25, 06:34 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
white pine
height 40 ⅝ in. by width 37 in. by depth 18 in.
retaining its original feet and paint that imitates oyster veneer used on early eighteenth century Boston chests.
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Mary Allis, Southport, Connecticut;;
Sotheby's, New York, Important American Folk Art and Furniture: The Distinguished Collection of the Late Stuart E. Gregory, January 27, 1979, sale 4209, lot 309.
Private collection;
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Annual Summer Americana Auction, August 1-3, 2008, lot 1389;
Elliott and Grace Snyder, South Egremont at the ADA Show, 2008.
Leslie and Peter Warwick, Love At First Sight: Discovering Stories About Folk Art & Antiques Collected by Two Generations & Three Families, (New Jersey: 2022), p. 143, fig. 277.
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