A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY VENEERED SERPENTINE CHEST-OF-DRAWERS

SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1780

细节

A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY VENEERED SERPENTINE CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1780
The molded rectangular top with shaped sides, serpentine front and canted corners above a conforming case fitted with four serpentine cockbeaded and graduated long drawers flanked by flat canted corners over a conforming molded base, on ogee bracket feet with canted corners, appears to retain its original brasses
33in. high, 40in. wide, 23.7/8in. deep

来源

Sotheby Parke-Bernet Inc., New York City, Property from the Estate of Mabel Brady Garvan, June 7, 1980, lot 156

拍品专文

With its serpentine facade, dramatic mahogany grain and canted corners with corresponding bracket feet, the chest offered here is closely related to two others (see Kirk, Early American Furniture (New York, 1970), p. 21, no.7 and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, The Estate of the Late Charles Woolsey Lyon, March 3, 1973, lot 157). Based on its bearing the initials "E.S." on its bottom board, the latter was attributed to Elijah Sanderson (1752-1825) of Salem. This attribution is strengthened by an 1803 invoice written by Elijah that states "..my furniture is all marked with a brand ES on the back of each piece" (cited in Ketchum, American Cabinetmakers (New York, 1995), p. 294.