08-14-201108-14-2011
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 14, 2011 10:00 AMCalender
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Red-painted Pine Open Cupboard

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$11,850$10,000
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2558MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 14, 2011 10:00AM

Description:

Red-painted Pine Open Cupboard, New England, last half 18th century, with deeply molded cornice above shelves with plate grooves joining cutout ends, on a projecting base with central drawer and two cupboard doors with fielded panels, and flanking hinged paneled doors, old red-painted surface, (imperfections),ht. 87 1/2, wd. 76, dp. 18 in.

Literature: This cupboard is illustrated and discussed in published in Fales, The Furniture of Historic Deerfield, pg. 254, as fig. 496.

Note: Property Approved for Deaccession by the Board of
Trustees of Historic Deerfield, Inc. Proceeds to the benefit the Museum
Collections Fund.

Estimate $3,000-5,000

red paint revealed by scraping off later surfaces, then refreshed in places; cornice molding trimmed at ends.

Keywords

Historic Deerfield Inc., New England, Collections Fund