Sale 23MA01 | Lot 76

Chippendale Walnut and Maple Bonnet Top High Chest

Catalogue: Inaugural Boston Auction
Chippendale Walnut and Maple Bonnet Top High Chest

Lot Details

Lot 76
Chippendale Walnut and Maple Bonnet Top High Chest
Salem, MA, circa 1760
The upper section with scrolled top, the molded cornice terminating in carved pinwheels above a central thumb-molded fan carved drawer and two short drawers above four graduated drawers set into lower section of long drawer and short drawers centering a similarly fan carved drawer on a scrolled and pierced apron joining cabirole legs with arris knees and projecting returns ending in claw and ball feet. Height 85 inches, width 40 inches, depth 21 inches.
Provenance:
Ex-Collection: Dr. Robert Isbel


C Property of a Collector, Fifth Avenue

Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000
Sold for $8,820 (includes buyer's premium)

Additional Notes & Condition Report

nice quality; loss to one front talon; cracks to facing of scroll top; shrinkage cracks to sides; separation to joints at cornice; small losses to drawer edges; cracks to drawer fronts; small cracks to apron; left side cornice molding is loose; long drawer on lower section is warped, causing the drawer bottom to be loose and has been varnished over; old refinish; presents well



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Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000
Sold for $8,820 (includes buyer's premium)

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Inaugural Boston Auction

Thu, Jun 08, 2023 at 12pm EDT
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