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Day 2: American, Southern & European Decorative Arts

Sat, Jan 28, 2017 09:00AM EST - Mon, Jan 30, 2017 09:00AM EST
Lot 461

American Chippendale Inlaid Walnut

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

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Lift-Top Chest front with inlaid initials "I. Mc 1787" and bird inlay, possibly North Carolina or Virginia origin, walnut with poplar secondary, 21-3/4 x 48-1/2 x 19-3/4 in.. Condition: iron hinges replaced and lacking lock, underside of top with scars from braces now removed, top with warping and three deep surface losses, largely original feet with two spurs tipped and one with loss, one side with facings replaced. Provenance: Clifton Anderson; said to have descended in a family that moved from North Carolina to Sumner County, Tennessee; Neal Auctions, October 13, 2001, lot 445; Collection of Anne McPherson and the Late John Bivins, Jr.

Condition

iron hinges replaced and lacking lock, underside of top with scars from braces now removed, top with warping and three deep surface losses, largely original feet with two spurs tipped and one with loss, one side with facings replaced

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