01-12-201901-12-2019
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
3195BBoston
January 12, 2019 10:00 AMCalender
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George II Veneered Chest-on-stand

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$246$200
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3195BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 12, 2019 10:00AM

Description:

George II Veneered Chest-on-stand, 18th century, oak secondary wood, upper case with molded flat-top projection over three short and three long drawers, stand with two short drawers, shaped apron, set on cabriole legs, ht. 59 1/2, wd. 40 1/2, dp. 21 in.

Literature: This lot, and others from the same collection, are contextualized in Imagining Ichabod: My Journey Into 18th-Century America Through History, Food, and a Georgian House, by Paula Bennett, Bauer and Dean: New York, 2016. Imagining Ichabod is described as a "warm, personal account of life in an eighteenth-century house and the search for its first inhabitants... [which offers] a fascinating glimpse into [the United States'] colonial period and its years as a fledgling republic."
Estimate $400-600

Replaced brasses. back boards replaced, scattered worming, repairs especially to frame of stand, scattered loses and repairs to veneer.


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Paula Bennett, United States