CONNECTICUT, 1785-1800
Details
A CHIPPENDALE INLAID CHERRYWOOD REVERSE-SERPENTINE FRONT CHEST-ON-CHEST
Connecticut, 1785-1800
In two parts: the upper case with a scrolled and cove-molded pediment with inlaid pinwheel rosettes above a plinth with an inlaid patera over an arched and blocked top drawer with an inlaid fan above four reverse-serpentine drawers each with a line-inlaid border flanked by quarter-columns over a mid-molding; the lower case with four reverse-serpentine drawers each with a line-inlaid border flanked by carved clustered quarter columns, above a conforming base molding, on ogee bracket legs with spurred returns and spreading square feet
91in. high, 22in. wide, 40in. deep
Connecticut, 1785-1800
In two parts: the upper case with a scrolled and cove-molded pediment with inlaid pinwheel rosettes above a plinth with an inlaid patera over an arched and blocked top drawer with an inlaid fan above four reverse-serpentine drawers each with a line-inlaid border flanked by quarter-columns over a mid-molding; the lower case with four reverse-serpentine drawers each with a line-inlaid border flanked by carved clustered quarter columns, above a conforming base molding, on ogee bracket legs with spurred returns and spreading square feet
91in. high, 22in. wide, 40in. deep
Provenance
Sold in these Rooms, Highly Important American Furniture from The Collection of Dr. C. Ray Franklin, 13 October 1984, lot 460