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THBStiles Family Rare Bonnet Top Chest on Chest
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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
LiveSep 11, 2021
Premier Auction - Session II - September 11, 2021 - Lots 824 to 1228 - Begins 9:00AM EST Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
Woodbury, Connecticut, 1770-1780, the bonnet top with flame finials centering a central drawer with deeply carved shell, dovetailed drawers flanked by reeded pilasters, the lower case with two long drawers over a scalloped skirt set on cabriole legs with ball and claw feet, cherry with poplar, pine and butternut secondary, 94-1/2 x 42-1/2 x 22 in.,
Provenance: Descended in the Stiles family of Woodbury, Connecticut, through Benjamin Stiles to his granddaughter Alice, to her cousins' son, a descendant of Abel Stiles, in 1920. Purchased at the Winter Associates auction of the Stiles Burpee home in Southbury in 1992; The Ann and Joel Finn Collection;
Note: Illustrated in Ann Y. Smith, "To please Any Taste, Litchfield County Furniture and Furniture Makers, 1780-1830", Litchfield Country Historical Society, Litchfield, Connecticut 2008, pg. 38, figure 5. Illustrated in the Jeffery Tillou Antiques catalog, The Ann and Joel Finn Collection, pg. 14 (lot accompanied by copy of catalog).A very closely related chest on chest, also with a history of descent in the Stiles family, is in the collections of Colonial Williamsburg. According to family tradition, the chest was made by Elijah Booth (1745-1823) as a wedding present for his daughter. It descended in the Stiles family of Southbury until recent times, and was acquired by the Museum in 1972. https://emuseum.history.org/objects/25412/high-chest-of-drawers?ctx=2f9129e4b80948d5505ef5865e62ef813154d955&idx=0
Condition
Excellent condition, appears to retain original brasses, finials and surface. Minor bumps and wear at knees and feet, bottom drawer with wear at runners (fits tightly). Minor chips at two finial bases. Overall in a remarkable state of preservation
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