NORTH SHORE, MASSACHUSETTS, 1760-1780
Details
A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY REVERSE-SERPENTINE CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
North Shore, Massachusetts, 1760-1780
The rectangular top with reverse-serpentine front and molded edge above a conforming case fitted with four graduated long drawers with cockbeaded surrounds over a molded base centering a fan-carved pendant, on short cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet
32in. high, 38in. wide, 20in. deep
North Shore, Massachusetts, 1760-1780
The rectangular top with reverse-serpentine front and molded edge above a conforming case fitted with four graduated long drawers with cockbeaded surrounds over a molded base centering a fan-carved pendant, on short cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet
32in. high, 38in. wide, 20in. deep
Provenance
Francis P. Garvan
American Arts Association, New York City, Collection of Francis P. Garvan, 1931, lot 286
Jess Pavey, Birmingham, Michigan
Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Hansen, Detroit, Michigan
American Arts Association, New York City, Collection of Francis P. Garvan, 1931, lot 286
Jess Pavey, Birmingham, Michigan
Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Hansen, Detroit, Michigan
Literature
Albert Sack, Fine Points of Furniture: Early American (New York, 1950), p. 99.