Lot 595
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A CHIPPENDALE CHERRYWOOD CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
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A CHIPPENDALE CHERRYWOOD CHEST-OF-DRAWERS

PROBABLY COLCHESTER, CONNECTICUT, 1770-1800

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A CHIPPENDALE CHERRYWOOD CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
Probably Colchester, Connecticut, 1770-1800
Appears to retain its original brasses
35½ in. high, 37 5/8 in. wide, 21 in. deep
Provenance
Sold Sotheby's New York, Important Americana, January 18-19, 2001, lot 708
Literature
Thomas P. Kugelman, Alice K. Kugelman and Robert Lionetti, Connecticut Valley Furniture, Eliphalet Chapin and His Contemporaries, 1750-1800 (Hartford, 2005), p. 229, cat. no. 102.
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Lot Essay

This dynamic chest of drawers exhibits a distinctive characteristic of a group of cabinetmakers working in Colchester, Connecticut: the front ogee feet are dovetailed together, with the dovetails visible from the side. For a more in-depth discussion on this group, see Thomas P. Kugelman, Alice K. Kugelman and Robert Lionetti, Connecticut Valley Furniture, Eliphalet Chapin and His Contemporaries, 1750-1800 (Hartford, 2005), pp. 210-239 (Loomis and Lord Groups).

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