Country Americana
Description:
Shaker Pine Four-drawer Chest of Drawers, Hancock, Massachusetts, early 19th century, top with applied molding above a case of four thumb-molded drawers on dovetailed bracket feet, old refinish, ht. 43, wd. 38 1/2, dp. 18 1/2 in.
Provenance: Purchased at auction in 1982.
Note: A note written in pencil on the back of the top drawer reads "Bought of Mrs. McDermott, summer 1929. Originally owned by East Family Shakers, West Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Refinished by Mr. McAric, Hudson, New York."
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Keywords
Hudson, McAric, Hancock, West PittsfieldCarly Babione
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