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Collection of Carole Wahler | January 29, 2025

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As a singular figure in the world of American pottery and early textiles, Dr. Wahler was a celebrated curator, collector, and scholar. Early Southern furniture including four MESDA documented items: VA William and Mary paneled trunk, VA Chippendale Cupboard, TN inlaid cherry chest of drawers and a TN cherry high chest, many early Southern painted furniture examples, Ten Ulysses Davis folk art carvings, textiles to include a rare Asheville sampler dated 1824, quilt dated1861, rare Southern salt glaze and redware pottery examples to include TN, AL and NC.
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Lot 7

Rare Early Tennessee Walnut Diminutive Paneled Lift Top Chest

Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800
Current Bid
$600

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Blount County Tennessee, 19th century, walnut with yellow pine, hinged lid with open interior, paneled front, back, and sides, front with deeply scalloped skirt and tapered legs, 20 x 33-3/4 x 13 in.

Provenance: Purchased from John Reed, who said it came out of the Townsend area, Blount County; Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee, purchased 1985

Illustrated in Williams and Harsh, The Art and Mystery of Tennessee Furniture,  figure 297, page 224

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Purchased from John Reed, who said it came out of the Townsend area, Blount County; Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee, purchased 1985

early photographs document a burn and loss area at the right side, the subsequent repair includes the edge of the top, the right top framing panel on the side and the upper part of the side panel; otherwise good condition with expected wear and surface distress area of surface loss at top, likely from the burn, minor patches at hinges, some sun fading