A CHIPPENDALE PINE BLANKET CHEST
A CHIPPENDALE PINE BLANKET CHEST

EASTERN SHORE, MARYLAND OR VIRGINIA, 18TH CENTURY

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A CHIPPENDALE PINE BLANKET CHEST
Eastern Shore, Maryland or Virginia, 18th century
The hinged top above a paneled facade and sides, on bracket feet
36in. high, 52in. wide

Lot Essay

With its single, fielded-panel sides and complex fielded-panel facade, this chest is in keeping with the architecturally inspired paneled furniture of the Eastern shore of Virginia. See for example Hurst and Prown, Southern Furniture 1680-1830 (Williamsburg, Virginia 1997) cat. no. 106.

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