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THBThe Stiles Family Connecticut Chippendale Bonnet Top High 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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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, an exceptional example in fine condition and probably retaining its original surface, upper case with closed bonnet with scrolled finial plinth, probably original flame finials, central shell carved drawer, drawers flanked by fluted pilasters, probably original bat wing brasses, lower case with central shell carved drawer, C-scroll carved cabriole legs with ball and claw front feet, dovetailed and rosehead nail construction, poplar secondary throughout, pad rear feet, 94 x 43 x 22 in., Provenance: Descended in the Stiles family of Woodbury, Connecticut; Acquired in the 1980s from Avis Hicock, who was living in the Main Street home that had belonged to her great-grandfather David J. Stiles. The highchest descended from his father, David Stiles, or his grandfather Benjamin Stiles, who lived across the street at Ragland Farm; The Ann and Joel Finn Collection; Note: Illustrated inÿMaking Furniture in Pre-Industrial America: The Social Economy of Newtown and Woodbury, Connecticut,ÿJohns Hopkins University Press, 1996, pg. 139, fig. 24.Illustrated in the Jeffery Tillou Antiques catalog,ÿThe Ann and Joel Finn Collection, pg. 10-11 (lot accompanied by copy of catalog).
Condition
in fine largely original condition throughout, early dry surface and probably original brasses, right skirt drop probably restored (patches at skirt caps for pendants), bottom right drawer with area of possible surface restoration (slight discrepancy under blacklight), lower right drawer with minor repair at drawer lip, scattered minor patches at drawer lips, typical age, cracks, and other scattered minor flaws
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