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Features a remarkable selection of historic Americana, including important 18th-century American furniture and Delft from the collection of Constance & Dudley Godfrey; an exceptionally rare North Carolina survey map; New England & Philadelphia furniture, including an exceptional Philadelphia easy chair & a rare Connecticut Chippendale carved cherry chest in undisturbed surface; from a Revolutionary & patriotic-focused New England collection are rare prints & documents, early brass, ceramics, furniture, & accessories; a group of early portraits features Sully, Stuart, & Sharples; & much more Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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New Hampshire Chippendale Figured Mahogany Serpentine Chest of Drawers
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New Hampshire Chippendale Figured Mahogany Serpentine Chest of Drawers

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Portsmouth, circa 1780, with four graduated blocked and serpentine drawers with original brasses, original shaped bracket feet, mellow surface, the backboards branded R. Hart, 32 x 36 x 20-1/2 in.

Provenance: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, August 21, 2016, lot. 656 sold for $7200; Private New England Collection

Note: Richard Hart (1733-1820) was a merchant, owning a wharf in the North End and a store on Fore Street. He was admitted as a member of the Federal Fire Society in 1792. Married to Mercy Collings, he lived on Russell Street in a house built in 1737 by his father-in-law, Capt. John Collings. See Brock Jobe, Portsmouth Furniture: Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast , pp. 431-432; for examples of similar case pieces see pp. 101-102, cat. no. 6 and pp. 155-158, cat. no.26.

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Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, August 21, 2016, lot. 656 sold for $7200; Private New England Collection

excellent condition overall, lacking some glue blocks and minor separations at joints of feet, some varnish distress and sun fading at case sides, top has been cleaned and re-varnished, one glue block is off but present, some minor checking at drawer facings, other typical scattered minor flaws

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