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Day 2: American, Southern & European Decorative Arts

Sat, Jan 28, 2017 09:00AM EST - Mon, Jan 30, 2017 09:00AM EST
Lot 360

Very Rare Tennessee Federal Inlaid

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
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$3,000 $250
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$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Walnut Chest of Drawers attributed to Washington County, 1800-1810, with dovetailed drawers, poplar secondary, with fish inlay with carefully delineated scales and other features, trailing vine floral inlay with stylized urn at base, some inlay with polychroming, flanked by chamfered corners, ogee bracket feet, 38 x 44 x 18-1/2 in.. Condition: replaced feet and brasses, typical scattered surface wear, stains, abrasions and finish losses, with some minor losses to moldings, deep abrasion at one drawer front. Notes: Illustrated in "Fans, Fish, and Tassels: Idiosyncratic Inlaid Furniture of Northeastern Tennessee", by Anne S. McPherson. Examples from this distinctive group are in the collections of the Speed Museum, the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, and Winterthur Museum. Please note the successful bidder of this lot will have the option to purchase lot 361 at the same price.. Provenance: Henry Teloh, Nashville, Tennessee; Collection of Anne McPherson and the Late John Bivins, Jr.

Condition

replaced feet and brasses, typical scattered surface wear, stains, abrasions and finish losses, with some minor losses to moldings, deep abrasion at one drawer front

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