The Andrews Shaker Collection
Description:
Shaker Red-painted Hanging Shelf, 19th century, the rectangular shelf above seven open compartments joining shaped bracket ends, old surface, overall ht. 18, lg. 83 3/4, dp. 10 1/4 in.
Literature: Religion in Wood: A Book of Shaker Furniture, by Edward Deming Andrews and Faith Andrews (Bloomington, Indiana, and London: Indiana University Press, 1966),plate 90; The Magazine Antiques, May 1979.
In the May 1979 issue of The Magazine Antiques it is reported that this set of shelves was used in a Shaker carpenter's shop.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
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