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Collection of Carole Wahler | January 29, 2025

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As a singular figure in the world of American pottery and early textiles, Dr. Wahler was a celebrated curator, collector, and scholar. Early Southern furniture including four MESDA documented items: VA William and Mary paneled trunk, VA Chippendale Cupboard, TN inlaid cherry chest of drawers and a TN cherry high chest, many early Southern painted furniture examples, Ten Ulysses Davis folk art carvings, textiles to include a rare Asheville sampler dated 1824, quilt dated1861, rare Southern salt glaze and redware pottery examples to include TN, AL and NC.
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Lot 47

A Fine Georgia Blue Paint Decorated Yellow Pine Blanket Chest

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Starting Bid
$500

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probably Warren County or Glascock County, 1830-1850, yellow pine throughout, fine original pale blue paint, open interior with lidded till, distinctive dovetailed bracket feet, 24 x 43-1/2 x 18-1/4 in.

Provenance: Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee

Note: This chest is closely related to an example documented in Neat Pieces, The Plain-Style Furniture of Nineteenth-Century Georgia, plate 84. The Neat Pieces example has two wave returns on the front skirt. The example here was formerly apparently adorned with two similar waves. The distinctive feet on both examples are characterized by solid moldings on the sides.

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Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee

lacking two scrolls at front foot returns, otherwise excellent as found condition with expected surface wear overall