Lot Essay
For related German furniture with raised panels, see Deneke, p. 344, fig. 304 and Ritz, p. 60, fig. 59, and p. 76, fig. 92.
Details
AN INLAID WALNUT BLANKET CHEST
LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1772
The rectangular top with applied molded edges opening to a conforming interior fitted with a till, the exterior centering two raised lozenge panels with molded surrounds, each with the date "17/" "72", above a molded base on bun feet--25in. high, 48 ¾in. wide, 23 ½in. deep
LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1772
The rectangular top with applied molded edges opening to a conforming interior fitted with a till, the exterior centering two raised lozenge panels with molded surrounds, each with the date "17/" "72", above a molded base on bun feet--25in. high, 48 ¾in. wide, 23 ½in. deep
Provenance
Rankin Butterbaugh, New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania