A CHIPPENDALE WALNUT HIGH CHEST-OF-DRAWERS

PENNSYLVANIA, 1750-1780

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A CHIPPENDALE WALNUT HIGH CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
Pennsylvania, 1750-1780
In two sections: the upper with a molded cornice above a rectangular case fitted with three short over two short above three long graduated and thumbmolded drawers, all flanked by fluted quarter columns; the lower with a conforming mid-molding over a case fitted with a thumbmolded long drawer flanked by similar fluted quarter columns above a shaped skirt, on shell-carved cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet
63in. high, 40in. wide, 22in. deep

Lot Essay

Descending in the same family for over seven generations, this high chest may have been made for a member of the Bechtel, Rittenhouse or Alexander families. The current owner's great-great grandfather, Peter Bechtel, Sr. (1766-1838) was a prominent paper mill owner in Germantown, Pennsylvania. His grandson, Theodore Adlolphus Bechtel (b. 1862) married Maude Rahn (1867-1911), a granddaughter of John Alexander (1796-1861) and Mary Rittenhouse (1795-1873).

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