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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 417

Fine and Rare Charleston Federal

Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

Inlaid Mahogany Wardrobe South Carolina 1790-1800, Inlaid broken-arch dentil-molded pediment and cornice, five interior slides, the lower case with four dovetailed drawers with banded and highly figured facings, set on original bracket feet, white pine secondary, 94 x 51-3/4 x 24-3/4 in.. Condition: excellent condition overall, brasses replaced, some patches and repairs to veneers on foot facings, minor patch to one corner of door. Notes: Recorded by MESDA, Research File S8745. Literature: Illustrated in Rauschenberg and Bivins, [The Furniture of Charleston 1680-1820,] Volume 2, Figure NC-20, and in John Bivins, "The Convergence and Divergence of Three Stylistic Traditions in Charleston Neoclassical Case Furniture, 1785-1800", in [American Furniture],1997. The pediment is illustrated in Milby Burton, [Charleston Furniture, 1700-1825], Figure 45.. Provenance: descended from Henry Strobel of Charleston; Private Charleston, South Carolina Collection

Condition

excellent condition overall, brasses replaced, some patches and repairs to veneers on foot facings, minor patch to one corner of door

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