PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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Jan 28, 2017 - Jan 30, 2017
Maple Sugar Chest signed and dated by Elmore W. Williams, Davidson County, Tennessee, 1840, highly figured "fiddleback" maple throughout, poplar secondary, box interior with original divider and lock over four dovetailed drawers and turned legs, 40-1/2 x 27-3/4 x 17-1/2 in.. Condition: feet ended out approximately 4 in., old loss to front corner of lid, minor cracks to case sides, minor patch at one hinge attachment, other surface wear, stains and minor repairs consistent with age and use. Notes: Literature: Illustrated in MESDA, [Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts], Winter 1997, p. 21, "Sugar Chests in Middle Tennessee and Central Kentucky, 1800-1835" by Anne S. McPherson. Elmore W. Williams, was a farmer and part-time cabinet maker in rural Davidson County, Tennessee. This sugar chest was made just a few months before his second marriage.. Provenance: Collection of Anne McPherson and the Late John Bivins, Jr.
feet ended out approximately 4 in., old loss to front corner of lid, minor cracks to case sides, minor patch at one hinge attachment, other surface wear, stains and minor repairs consistent with age and use
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