A PAINTED AND DECORATED CHEST-OF-DRAWERS

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A PAINTED AND DECORATED CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
SCHWABEN CREEK VALLEY AREA, MID 19TH CENTURY

The red rectangular top above a case fitted with four graduated long drawers, each green with beaded edge, on tapering cylindrical ring-turned black legs, the stiles decorated with yellow and cream stamped rosettes, the drawers each with fan spandrels centering a cartouche enclosing foliate baskets, the bottom one with opposing pea hens (a recessed superstructure with drawers now lacking, retains original paint)--45¾in. high, 42in. wide, 19in. deep

Lot Essay

Painted and decorated furniture from Southeastern Pennsylvania is discussed in Frederic S. Weiser and Mary Hammond Sullivan "Decorated Furniture of the Schwaben Creek Valley," Pennsylvania-German Society (1980, vol. 14), pp. 332-394.