LOWER CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY, 1770-1790

Details

A RED-PAINTED CHIPPENDALE PINE BLANKET CHEST
Lower Connecticut River Valley, 1770-1790
underside of lid inscribed W. Kingsbury
28 in. high, 48 in. wide, 18½ in. deep

Provenance

Peter Eaton, Newbury, Massachusetts

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Lot Essay

The bold undulating apron is virtually identical to that of a chest from the Marlborough-Glastonbury area, illustrated in William Hosley, The Great River: Art & Society of the Connecticut Valley, 1635-1820 (Hartford, 1985), p. 217, no. 97.

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