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THBRare Virginia Chippendale Walnut Fitted Cellaret with Slide, Luke Vincent Lockwood Provenance
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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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About Auction
LiveMar 20, 2024
A single owner offering of over 200 objects drawn from the period rooms and vaults of this storied museum. With rarities from the 17th through 20th centuries, from the Continent to England to America, from Dorflinger to le Corbusier, the collection includes many objects gifted to the museum 100 years ago or more by notable collectors and families such as Luke Vincent Lockwood, Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, and Mrs. Francis P. Garvan. Period and modern furniture, ceramics, Chinese export, glass, lighting, fireplace equipment, and even 4 architectural interiors are included. Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
attributed to Rappahannock River Valley, Virginia, 1750-1770, a rare early form with finely fitted interior, scalloped front and side skirts, deeply shaped cabriole legs with stylized paw feet, yellow pine and poplar secondary, cellaret interior with fittings for 20 bottles centering a removable decanter caddy opening to additional fittings, 29-1/2 x 28-1/4 x 19 in.
Provenance: Purchased through Luke Vincent Lockwood, 1916; Property from the Brooklyn Museum
Note: This rare cellaret has design precedents in Irish furniture of the period. For more on these precedents, see Ronald L. Hurst, "Irish Influences in Cabinetmaking in Virginia's Rappahannock River Basin", American Furniture, 1997. For an eastern North Carolina cellaret with a related fitted interior, see Hurst and Prown, Southern Furniture, 1680-1830, The Colonial Williamsburg Collection, pg. 540.
Condition
in very fine condition overall, appears to retain original dividers and fittings (lacking one small divider, central caddy has been refinished), drink slide facing is original but slide is likely replaced (poplar construction and has a shrinkage crack), no leg or ankle breaks found, feet retain some early, possible original surface, some very minor cracks including at back of one front leg, typical minor wear at feet, abrasion at front of box
- Provenance
Purchased through Luke Vincent Lockwood, 1916; Property from the Brooklyn Museum
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