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THBUNIQUE SOAP HOLLOW MENNONITE CHEST
Lot 60
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By Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Feb 11, 2017 - Feb 13, 2017
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2017-02-11 11:00:00
2017-02-13 11:00:00
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- Lot Description
Paint Decorated "Soap Hollow" Five-Drawer Chest, made for Eve Summey, 1863, (as marked on drawer) by Jacob Knagy, Myersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Painted and stenciled cherry and pine, with overhanging top, two over three graduated drawers having simple brass pulls, silver stencil work of floral urns, over red and black, 46" x 40" x 20". Replaced pulls, good condition. Soap Hollow furniture was produced roughly from 1830 to 1890 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The name was reportedly coined from the brown soft soap produced throughout the region, which lies in a hollow. The Knagy family originated in Switzerland and moved to Baltimore in the 1750s, eventually acquiring land in Pennsylvania in 1774. Jacob Knagy (1796-1883) and his son Elias (1832-1906) worked in Somerset County in southwestern Pennsylvania, five miles from the Maryland state line. The earliest work by Jacob Knagy is dated 1841, his latest work is dated 1882; there are no known examples of Elias' work. The cartouche, surrounding the name of the person the piece was made for and often the date it was made, is a distinctive feature of Knagy's work. He used both the first and last name of the person, a characteristic that distinguishes his work from that of other Soap Hollow makers. Eve Summey was born in 1844, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Jacob Summey and Rebecca Stevanus. She died in 1889. PROVENANCE: The Strong Museum, Rochester, NY
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