$30,550
Paint Decorated Poplar Dower Chest, probably decorated by a member of the Kriebel family, Pennsburg vicinity, Pennsylvania, 1815, the hinged molded top opening to a well with molded till with secret compartment, above a case with applied mid-molding and two thumbmolded half drawers, above ogee bracket feet, original surface fancifully painted in arcs with mottling centering a panel with 'Jacob Hubner 1815' lettered within, ht. 27 1/4, wd. 49, dp. 21 in. Literature: A similar example is pictured in The Flowering of American Folk Art , Lipman, pl. 305, and the attribution of the present work to the Kriebel family is made by the author. Provenance: Descended from original Schwenkfelder immigrants to previous owner, and sold at Pook and Pook, Inc., May 21, 2004, lot 249.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-11-04
