Personal Collection of Lewis Scranton
Description:
Paint-decorated Blanket Chest over Two Drawers, Guilford, Connecticut, c. 1700, molded lift top above a large fielded panel and two single arched moldings separating the drawers, the panels repeated on the sides with turned turnip frontal feet and rectangular stile rear feet, original surface, brasses are old replacements, ht. 44, wd. 41, dp. 18 in.
Provenance: Pam Boynton, 1979. Descended in the Stone family of Guilford, Connecticut.
Estimate $10,000-15,000
Surface scratches and wear, feet are original but have been turned 180 degrees, brasses old, but not original, original surface.
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