coastal Massachusetts, 1700-1720, in walnut, pine, and maple, hinged lid and open compartment with paneled front, single side hung drawer, on ring and baluster turned legs and stretchers, 36 x 31 x 20-1/2 in.
Provenance: Blackwood Auction, Essex, Massachusetts, for $34,500; Collection of John B. and Marie-Teresa Vander Sande, Newbury, Massachusetts
Note: Other examples of this rare early form include three at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (see Safford, American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Volume One, catalog no. 105, 106, and 107.) A very closely related example, retaining its original painted surface, sold Christie's, New York, September 28th, 2011, for $986,000.
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Blackwood Auction, Essex, Massachusetts, for $34,500; Collection of John B. and Marie-Teresa Vander Sande, Newbury, Massachusetts
overall good integrity, lid replaced, appears to retain original turned feet, some variation and probable restorations to applied moldings
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