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Lot 1079

A Rare Maryland Chippendale Corner Cupboard

Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
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$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
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$10,000 $1,000
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$100,000 $10,000
Frederick County, 1780-1800, two part figured cherry case, poplar and oak secondary, elaborately carved, with inlaid pitch pediment, set with original finials, over a sunburst, leaf and flower carved arched door, flanked by finely carved and fluted pilasters, the lower case with dovetailed drawer over panel door, similar planked by fluted pilaster, and set on original ogee bracket feet, top covered with early painted canvas cover,˜89-1/2 x 53 x 30 in.Note: Recorded by MESDA. See reference number S-13458. Another corner cupboard from the same shop is in the collections at Colonial Williamsburg.https://mesda.org/item/object/cupboard-corner/11094/Illustrated in Priddy and Quinn, Crossroads of Culture: Eighteenth-Century Furniture from Western Maryland, in American Furniture, Chipstone, 1997, figure 36.˜, Provenance: Collection of Laurence and Helen Alspaugh, Greensboro, North Carolina

Condition

excellent condition overall, flames section of finials are replaced, crack to central glazed panel, scattered very minor cracks and repairs, some fading to surface, interior with later brown paint/wash, door hinges likely replaced (no patches), some possible restorations to upper door frame