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Fine Jewelry, Sporting Arts, Asian Works, Fine & Decorative Works

Fri, Jul 11, 2014 06:30PM EDT - Sun, Jul 13, 2014 06:30PM EDT
Lot 277

North Carolina Late Federal Inlaid and

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

Bid Increments

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Carved Walnut Chest of Drawers possibly Lincoln County, 1820-1830, rosette and stop-fluted carved backsplash, four dovetailed drawers with yellow pine secondary, inlaid escutcheons, original locks, checkerboard inlay, carved rosette and stop-fluted carved peaked front and side skirts on turned feet, 59-1/2 x 41-1/2 x 23 in., good condition overall, most knobs probably replaced, lacking three finials on splashboard, scattered surface stains and wear especially to top. Notes: Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has documentation files on three corner cupboards made by this, as yet unidentified, craftsman from Lincoln (now Gaston) County, North Carolina.. Provenance: Private Collection, Asheville, North Carolina; Descended in the Robinson family of Gaston County, North Carolina

Condition

good condition overall, most knobs probably replaced, lacking three finials on splashboard, scattered surface stains and wear especially to top