Lot Essay
For related examples see Wendy A. Cooper and Lisa Minardi, Paint, Pattern and People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania: 1725-1850, (Winterthur, Delaware, 2011), p. 146, fig. 3.48.
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PROPERTY OF A NEW ENGLAND FAMILY
A PAINTED AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED PINE BLANKET CHEST
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, PROBABLY MONTGOMERY COUNTY, DATED 1786
Details
A PAINTED AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED PINE BLANKET CHEST
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, PROBABLY MONTGOMERY COUNTY, DATED 1786
inscribed Annamarie Muthhart 1786
28 in. high, 48 in. wide, 23 in. deep
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, PROBABLY MONTGOMERY COUNTY, DATED 1786
inscribed Annamarie Muthhart 1786
28 in. high, 48 in. wide, 23 in. deep
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Elgin
William K. duPont, Newark, Delaware
James and Nancy Glazer, Philadelphia, 1984
William K. duPont, Newark, Delaware
James and Nancy Glazer, Philadelphia, 1984
Literature
Monroe H. Fabian, The Pennsylvania German Decorated Chest (New York, 1978) p. 195, fig. 216.
Exhibited
Boston, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, American Folk, 8 April-5 August 2001.
Sale room notice
Please note that this chest should read Probably Montgomery County and not Possibly Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
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