mid-atlantic-chippendale-cherry-highboy
Lot 208
Mid-Atlantic Chippendale Cherry Highboy
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Maryland or Delaware, circa 1780, poplar and white pine secondary, two-part form, dovetailed case, applied cove molded cornice with unusual two-part molding technique with flared wedge, three upper side-by-side drawers, the central with relief-carved rosette, above four lipped drawers, flanked by fluted quarter columns with lamb's tongue, the base with applied molding, upper long drawer above three side-by-side drawers, the center with relief carved shell, shaped skirt, with drop finials, flush side panels, cabriole legs with developed and molded interior knee, on ball and claw feet.

71 x 42 x 21.5 in. Upper case width 36.25 in.

From the Estate of the late Peggy Futrelle Nowell, Raleigh and Pinehurst, North Carolina

Top three drawers with lip repair and replaced pulls; cornice with some repairs and while construction is different, it appears to be old; upper case second long drawer with cut and patch to lower right corner of drawer; some locks missing.

$2,000 - 3,000