A PAINT-DECORATED LIFT-TOP CHEST

BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, 1780-1790

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A PAINT-DECORATED LIFT-TOP CHEST
BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, 1780-1790
The hinged paint-decorated lid above a conforming case with two symmetrical reserves of stylized potted pinwheel flowers enclosed by baluster supported arches flanked by baluster painted corners, on ogee bracket feet
23¾in. high, 51in. wide, 22¼in. deep

拍品專文

For chests with similarly decorated baluster supported arches enclosing pinwheel-style potted flowers see Beatrice B. Garvan, The Pennsylvania German Collection (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1982), p. 19 fig. 3 and Monroe H. Fabian, The Pennsylvania German Decorated Chest, (New York, 1978), p.119-120.