Lot Essay
A similar example with bold, shaped crescent runners is illustrated in Garvan, p. 52, fig. 1.
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A CARVED AND JOINED WALNUT CRADLE
MILLWAY VILLAGE, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The arched headboard with heart-pierced crest flanked by rectangular posts with flattened ball finials above shaped sides scrolling to rectangular panelled siderails surrounding a rope tied base and enclosed at the end by a similar arched, shaped and heart-pierced foot board, all on two shaped runners, the siderails fitted with binding pulls--23 ½in. high, 30 ¾in. wide, 43 ½in. deep
MILLWAY VILLAGE, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The arched headboard with heart-pierced crest flanked by rectangular posts with flattened ball finials above shaped sides scrolling to rectangular panelled siderails surrounding a rope tied base and enclosed at the end by a similar arched, shaped and heart-pierced foot board, all on two shaped runners, the siderails fitted with binding pulls--23 ½in. high, 30 ¾in. wide, 43 ½in. deep
Exhibited
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, The Heritage Center of Lancaster County, "Legacy of Lancaster County," May 15 - October 31, 1977
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, "The Pennsylvania Germans: A Celebration of their Arts, 1683 - 1850," October 17, 1982 - January 9, 1983
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, "The Pennsylvania Germans: A Celebration of their Arts, 1683 - 1850," October 17, 1982 - January 9, 1983