$22,140
Shaker Red-stained Eleven-drawer Pine Chest, Canterbury, New Hampshire, c. 1830, original red wash, maple pulls, thumbnail molded lipped drawer fronts, top drawer ht. 6 1/4, all other drawers ht. 5 1/4 in., two knobs on each drawer, half-dovetails on case, full dovetails on drawers, complex molding on bottom front and left side (missing on right side), drawers numbered in center of each from top to bottom 11 to 1, case has 25 1/8-in. wide single-board sides, bottom of drawer number 4 signed "Grove," (imperfections), ht. 73, wd. 51 1/2, dp. 26 1/4 in. Provenance: Acquired at Canterbury, New Hampshire, located in the dwelling house attic. Literature: Illustrated in Timothy D. Rieman and Jean M. Burks, The Complete Book of Shaker Furniture (New York; Harry N. Abrams, 1993), p. 230, plate 172.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-06-04