Lot Essay
For a closely related chest also with serpentine-shaping, bail brasses and bracket feet of classic Newport design, see The Rhode Island Furniture Archive at the Yale University Art Gallery, RIF1509.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTIONOF RALPH E. CARPENTER, JR.
A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY SERPENTINE-FRONT CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1780-1800
Details
A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY SERPENTINE-FRONT CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1780-1800
appears to retain its original brasses; interior of lower three drawer backs marked in graphite, B, C and D
33 ½ in. high, 38 ¼ in. wide, 22 in. deep
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1780-1800
appears to retain its original brasses; interior of lower three drawer backs marked in graphite, B, C and D
33 ½ in. high, 38 ¼ in. wide, 22 in. deep
Provenance
Purchased from John S. Walton, New York
Literature
Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., "The Newport Exhibition," The Magazine Antiques (July 1953), p. 42, fig. 15.
Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., The Arts and Crafts of Newport Rhode Island 1640-1820 (Newport, 1954), p. 62, no. 36.
The Rhode Island Furniture Archive at the Yale University Art Gallery, RIF1503.
Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., The Arts and Crafts of Newport Rhode Island 1640-1820 (Newport, 1954), p. 62, no. 36.
The Rhode Island Furniture Archive at the Yale University Art Gallery, RIF1503.
Exhibited
Newport, The Hunter House, The Preservation Society of Newport County, The Arts and Crafts of Newport, Rhode Island, 1640-1820, Summer 1953.
Sale room notice
Please note that this chest-of-drawers is attributed to Providence rather than Newport as catalogued.
Brought to you by
Sallie Glover
For a closely related chest also with serpentine-shaping, bail brasses and bracket feet of classic Newport design, see The Rhode Island Furniture Archive at the Yale University Art Gallery, RIF1509.