Rhode Island or Connecticut, circa 1825, yellow pine, sponge decorated ochre and brown, initialed "M.A.Y" to the front, 22-3/4 x 42 x 16-3/4 in.
Provenance: From the Collection of Elbert H. Parsons, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama
Literature: Published in Sumpter Priddy, American Fancy: Exuberance in the Arts 1790-1840 (Chipstone Foundation and the Milwaukee Art Museum, 2004), p. xxii, fig. 3.
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From the Collection of Elbert H. Parsons, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama
in original paint with some minor losses; retains original hinges; minor splits and separations including a crack to the proper left back corner of the top and two horizontal cracks to the front
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