$28,290
Shaker Maple and Pine Stand, Hancock, Massachusetts, or Enfield, Connecticut, c. 1840, the rectangular top with rounded corners above two drawers with exposed dovetailed fronts mounted on channels, which can be opened in both directions, with brass pulls, the underside of one drawer with blue printed label reading "THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM/ANDREWS/#17," all on a turned pedestal and tripod base of cabriole legs, old finish, (imperfections), ht. 23 3/4, wd. 19, dp. 16 1/2 in. Literature: The Magazine Antiques , 1929; Shaker Furniture: The Craftsmanship of an American Communal Sect , plate 15; Shaker: Furniture and Objects , p. 68, plate 22; The Magazine Antiques , 1979; and Gather Up the Fragments , p. 180. Exhibitions: Berkshire Museum, 1932; possibly Whitney Museum, 1935, #11; Renwick, 1973. A number of two-drawer stands survive that were made in the Hancock Bishopric, two examples of which are featured in this sale (see Lot 66). Upon being released from his position as Senior Elder in the Bishopric, Elder Grove Wright settled at the Enfield, Connecticut, community. See the note on Lot 66 for Elder Grove Wright's account of his working process specific to two-drawer stands like these. The small brass pulls and exposed dovetails are details similar to other one- and two-drawer stands made in the Bishopric. Many Hancock Bishopric stands display the same beveled edges on the undersides of the legs, as well as a neatly cut foot. The pedestal of this example has a subtle swell Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-06-15
