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拍品专文
With the use of exuberant woods, simplicity of design and idiosyncratic features, this tall chest-on-frame is characteristic of the important Dunlap family cabinetmaking workshops of southern New Hampshire. These elements include the use of a frame to elevate the case of drawers, with a boldly shaped apron and short spurred cabriole legs ending in pad feet, slightly elevated on disks. Other examples of Dunlap family case pieces demonstrating virtually identical features include a tall-chest-on-frame in the collection of Historic New England, illustrated in Brock Jobe and Myrna Kaye, New England Furniture: The Colonial Era (Boston, 1984), pp. 170-172, cat. no. 25 and a chest-on-chest-on-frame attributed to Major John Dunlap (1746-1792) and illustrated in the Currier Gallery of Art, The Dunlaps & Their Furniture (Manchester, 1970), cat. no. 50.
The Dunlap record books distinguish the production of case pieces in such terms as "chests", "beuro's", "case of drawers", "high case of drawers" and "low case of drawers"; this last term appears to be their designation for chests-on-frame. An analysis of the case pieces documented in the Dunlap account books show that four chests-on-frame were made by John Dunlap between 1769 and 1786, thirty-seven were made by Samuel Dunlap between 1780 and 1820s, and six were made by James Dunlap between 1815 and 1836 (Currier Gallery, p. 38). While numerous examples of the other forms survive, only a few chests-on-frame are known. For other two examples, see the Historic New England chest mentioned above and a plain example sold at Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, The Collection of Andrew M. Williams, April 1948, lot 128.
The shared shop practices of the Dunlaps make it difficult to precisely identify the specific cabinetmaker; for more information on the Dunlap family of cabinetmakers, see Philip Zea and Donald Dunlap, The Dunlap Cabinetmakers: A Tradition in Craftsmanship (Mechanicsburg, PA, 1994).
The Dunlap record books distinguish the production of case pieces in such terms as "chests", "beuro's", "case of drawers", "high case of drawers" and "low case of drawers"; this last term appears to be their designation for chests-on-frame. An analysis of the case pieces documented in the Dunlap account books show that four chests-on-frame were made by John Dunlap between 1769 and 1786, thirty-seven were made by Samuel Dunlap between 1780 and 1820s, and six were made by James Dunlap between 1815 and 1836 (Currier Gallery, p. 38). While numerous examples of the other forms survive, only a few chests-on-frame are known. For other two examples, see the Historic New England chest mentioned above and a plain example sold at Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, The Collection of Andrew M. Williams, April 1948, lot 128.
The shared shop practices of the Dunlaps make it difficult to precisely identify the specific cabinetmaker; for more information on the Dunlap family of cabinetmakers, see Philip Zea and Donald Dunlap, The Dunlap Cabinetmakers: A Tradition in Craftsmanship (Mechanicsburg, PA, 1994).