Lot 30: Chippendale Cherry Chest on Chest
Chippendale Cherry Chest on Chest
in two parts, upper section with full bonnet top having three thistle style finials carved and punch carved rosette and dentil mold swans necks flanking carved center plinth over shell carved center drawers flanked by short drawers over four drawers flanked by fluted columns on lower caste of four drawers flanked by quarter columns set on ogee feet with exaggerated returns, probably Colchester, CT in the Calvin Willey group, Circa 1780 – 1800
total height 81 5/8 inches, upper case height 46 3/4 inches, width 36 1/4 inches, depth 18 7/8 inches, lower case height 34 7/8 inches, width 38 1/8 inches, depth 19 3/4 inches
Provenance: Exhibitions Connecticut Tercentenary 1933 no. 145, Wadsworth Atheneum 1967 no. 99, on loan to the Wadsworth Atheneum from 1931 to March 2025 by the Estate of L. Edmund Zacher Travelers Insurance President, featured in Connecticut Valley Furniture Book page 254 catalog 115
Condition: slight dentil molding missing on top left, brasser replaced
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Estimate: $10000- $20000
Auction Date: April 25, 2026
