Lot 396
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PILGRIM CENTURY CARVED AND JOINED OAK 'HADLEY' CHEST WITH TWO DRAWERS, HADLEY-HATFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1715

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Inscribed A.C.
  • oak
  • Height 42 1/4 in. by Width 49 1/2 in. by Depth 19 1/2 in.
The central stiles carved with the letters AC. Feet replaced and paint modern.

Provenance

Mrs. William E. Wheelock, New York;
William H. Putnam;
Skinner, Bolton, Massachusetts, January 11, 1992, lot 73;
Roger Gonzales & Frank Cowan, Kent, Connecticut .



Literature

Clair Franklin Luther, The Hadley Chest, (Hartford, Connecticut: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1935), p. 75, no. 17;
Patricia Petraglia, "Bidders Gun Down Estimates At Skinner Americana Sale," Antiques and The Arts Weekly, January 31, 1992, p. 72.

Condition

Bottom 7 1/2 inches of feet replaced, paint of a later date.
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