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CENTRE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A MUSTARD-PAINTED AND DECORATED BLANKET CHEST
Centre County, Pennsylvania, late 18th century
The rectangular mustard-painted top with applied molded edge opening to a conforming interior fitted with a till above a mustard-painted case decorated in front with a green, cream, brown, yellow and dark blue- painted crown centering and flanked above and below by dot-decoration and stylized flowers, the whole flanked by dot decorated and stylized parrots, pelicans, hearts, lions and fish
23in. high, 38in. wide, 19in. deep
Centre County, Pennsylvania, late 18th century
The rectangular mustard-painted top with applied molded edge opening to a conforming interior fitted with a till above a mustard-painted case decorated in front with a green, cream, brown, yellow and dark blue- painted crown centering and flanked above and below by dot-decoration and stylized flowers, the whole flanked by dot decorated and stylized parrots, pelicans, hearts, lions and fish
23in. high, 38in. wide, 19in. deep
Literature
Fales, Jr. American Painted Furniture 1660-1880 (New York, 1972), p. 256, fig. 445.
Lipman and Winchester, The Flowering of American Folk Art: 1776-1876 (New York, 1974), p. 228, fig. 303.
Lipman and Winchester, The Flowering of American Folk Art: 1776-1876 (New York, 1974), p. 228, fig. 303.
Exhibited
New York, New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, "The Flowering of American Folk Art: 1776-1876" 1 February - 24 March 1974.