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Lot 2117
Southern Federal Painted Mantel
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Attributed to Charleston, South Carolina, circa 1800, yellow pine, old white paint, the mantel shelf with applied molded trim and stepped corners, tall plain frieze with applied trim, raised panel stiles and columns with interior applied molded trim, with paper note reading "Charleston Mantle, Lower Charleston, Single Home".

58 x 75 x 8.5 in.; interior 40 x 51 in.

Private Southern Collection

Old, likely original paint with all over wear, soiling, scrapes and loss; some later nails; a few small pieces of loose trim (which are now bundled and attached at the lower left edge near the bottom).