Live Auction 17810Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Silver
A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY SERPENTINE-FRONT CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
Lot 332PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION
OF RALPH E. CARPENTER, JR.

A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY SERPENTINE-FRONT CHEST-OF-DRAWERS

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1780-1800

Closed24 January 2020

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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

Purchased from John S. Walton, New York

Specialist note


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.