late 18th century, white pine with fine and probably original dark brown stained/varnished surface, slots for four pipes, together with two antique clay pipes, also with copper wall mount, rack 17 x 13 x 6-1/4 in., longest pipe 19-1/2 in.
Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, American Folk Art Collection of Howard and Catherine Feldman, June 23, 1988, lot 17; Joe Kindig Antiques, York, Pennsylvania, April 2006 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $14,000); The Collection of Elbert H. Parsons, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama
Literature: Rack illustrated in "Living with Antiques: A Folk Art Collection in Pennsylvania" by Susan Klein and Cynthia V.A. Schaffner, The Magazine Antiques (September, 1984), p. 573, fig. 12.
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Sotheby's, New York, American Folk Art Collection of Howard and Catherine Feldman, June 23, 1988, lot 17; Joe Kindig Antiques, York, Pennsylvania, April 2006 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $14,000); The Collection of Elbert H. Parsons, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama
very fine condition and largely untouched, typical wear to historical finish with alligatoring and loss, proper left bin front corner with repair to break; pipes with wear from use, the longer pipe with crack to stem held by wire
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