Triumphant Grace: Important Americana from the Collection of Barbara and Arun Singh
Triumphant Grace: Important Americana from the Collection of Barbara and Arun Singh
VERY FINE AND RARE CHIPPENDALE INLAID CHERRYWOOD SCALLOP-TOP CHEST OF DRAWERS, CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY, CIRCA 1795
Auction Closed
January 25, 06:44 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
VERY FINE AND RARE CHIPPENDALE INLAID CHERRYWOOD SCALLOP-TOP CHEST OF DRAWERS, CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY, CIRCA 1795
appears to retain its original surface.
Height 34 ¼ in. by Width 41 ½ in. by Depth 22 ½ in.
Sotheby's, New York, Fine Americana and Silver, June 17, 1999, sale 7329, lot 164;
Marguerite Riordan, Stonington, Connecticut.
In exceptional condition and retaining its original surface, this cherrywood chest of drawers is an important survival of Connecticut River Valley case furniture displaying four graduated inlaid drawers, fluted brass capped quarter columns, and a rare scalloped overhanging top. The ogee bracket feet were once fitted with casters likely installed early in its life to make it portable. Three small extant holes toward the rear of the top indicate it may have been originally fitted with a dressing mirror.
A closely related chest by the same maker is in a private collection. Purchased by the current owners in White River Junction, Vermont, that chest similarly displays a scalloped overhanging top, fluted quarter columns with brass capitals and bases, and drawers within a beaded surround. It also has three small holes, now pinned, at the rear of the top and was formerly fitted for a dressing mirror.