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CHIPPENDALE PAINTED FIVE DRAWER CHEST

Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
New England, probably Massachusetts, ca. 1780-1795.
Maple with red painted surface, oval brasses.
Excellent condition, retaining original brasses, minor shrinkage cracks on a few applied bracket foot facings.
This compact, well-proportioned chest has an applied molded cornice above five graduated drawers with thumb-molded edges, supported by tall shaped bracket feet. Nice clean lines with an exceptional painted surface.
Provenance: M.J. Stewart, Homestead Antiques, Woodbury, Ct., 1980.
From the Siegmund Collection of America Folk Art, New York.

More Information

Period:	18th Century
Styles / Movements:	Americana, Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	F-CP-CD 055
Incollect Reference #:	666828

Dimensions

W.	40 in;	H.	45 in;	D.	20 in;
W.	101.6 cm;	H.	114.3 cm;	D.	50.8 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.