Sold for:
$1,968
$1,968
Inlaid Diminutive Walnut Chest of Drawers, northeastern Tennessee, possibly Washington County, c. 1810, the dovetailed top with applied molding above the case of two thumbmolded short drawers centering inlaid paterae and three graduated long drawers inlaid with quarterfans, stringing, and fish-shaped escutcheons, on a valanced skirt with central fan drop pendant and flaring French feet, replaced brasses, ht. 40 1/2, wd. 36 3/4, 17 1/4 in. Literature: See "Fans, Fish, and Tassels," by Anne S. McPherson, in Antiques and Fine Art , volume 14, issue 1, pp. 200-206, for a discussion of the furniture of northwestern Tennessee.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-08-09
