Condition: Very Good, lovely green painted surface over brown graining, small
apertures cut at rear of shelves to accommodate entertainment system wires now filled.
Additional Information: Unusual proportions that work…displays well.
A nice small cupboard, the crown molding above a single door
featuring two recessed panels; the whole resting on cutout feet joined by ogee profile,
the sides with half round cutout. Original surface history, white overpaint removed
exposing a beautiful and original first coat of blue paint. Great size and presence.
Additional Information: The novelty and variety of the spirited ornamentation speaks
to the height of fancy decoration. This tour de force of imagery supersedes many extant
examples and is heightened by color. An encyclopedic demonstration of nineteenth
century grain painting rendered by a great talent demonstrating competent attention to
variety and detail. The shaped gallery above bold projecting molding; recessed paneled
doors within beaded openings…the whole, raised on cutout feet remaining at full height.
The doors open to reveal beaded backboards and two shelves.
A county cupboard cleaned down to blue paint, one of several surfaces. The upper- and
lower-case feature applied border moldings. The case is nicely canted and is raised on
simple cutout French style feet, double half round side cutouts. The upper section
glazed doors have been retrofitted, they were likely blind doors with fielded panels
before grandpa long ago modernized the look for Ma. The uppermost shelf is missing,
other very minor imperfections. (Height: 79"; width: 45"; base depth: 19.75"; step back
bottom: 14" depth: step back top: 11.25" depth)
Cove molding above single raised panel door flanked by diminutive moldings at outside
corners; the whole raised on tall cutout feet.
(Excellent original condition; Height: 64"; width: 43"; depth: 17")
Step-back pine cupboard in original red wash; rectangular molded cornice above a pair of glazed six-panel glazed cupboard doors opening to four tiers of valanced compartments, stepped back on the lower case fitted with a hinged writing lid and lopers above a pair of raised panel cupboard doors, raised on bracket feet with shaped returns. (Two lobes missing, all else in fine original condition; 70.5" high by 38" wide by 17.5" deep) Ex Betty and Tim Trace Collection.
Rectangular molded top featuring projecting molding over a tall dovetail joined case; a pair of dovetailed short drawers with applied cock-bead molding is above conforming doors with fielded panels
that are reeded and of mortice, tenon construction and pegged. The case with chamfered corners having an applied base-molding is raised on bracket feat…each with lobe and return. The untouched interior contains four shelves. The surface is attractive and shoes at least two layers of paint with some fill.
(Height: 63.5"; width: 43.75"; depth: 19.5")
The open top with four shelves above lower section having plank door hung on original "H" hinges retaining leather bungs; board facings with applied moldings. As expected and accepted, there are minor use imperfections otherwise very good. (H: 74.25"; base H: 34"; W: 36.5"; D: 21"; shelf D: 11")
This molded country cupboard with single board door contains three shelves; original surface history of dry celery green over red over black paint.
(Dimensions: 33" H, 24.25" W, 9.75" D.)
A fine and unusual bucket bench featuring upper case with projecting molded cornice over single mortise and tenon joined door hung from iron rattail hinges and centered by applied case molding; over open shelf bucket bench, the stiles with applied molding and arched cut-out base. The surface was painstakingly cleaned down to original surface history featuring blue paint; good dry patina. Interior features four shelves above a slightly projecting deck; bucket shelf has been adjusted backward. Door turn-latches are missing, minor molding loss at rear topside of cornice with all else very good. (H: 79.75"; W: 32"; D: 14.25")
This early cupboard circa 1810-1840 has had minor touch up to paint.
Dimensions: 75" overall height, 34.5" base height, 65" wide, 21.25" base depth, 12.75" shelf depth.
Condition: Good, Vertical loss of wood to bottom corner block. (We can have this
restored)
Additional Information: Rectangular top over conforming case containing three
shelves. Unusual, fluted stiles and top rail joining corner blocks; doors feature robust
fluted molding. Triple feet joining double ogee cutouts. The top displays a reddish
surface, case in sage green/gray over yellow, over red…pleasing.
SOLD
410-203
Exceedingly Rare Doctors Apothecary Chest, New England, Likely Massachusetts Date/Period: 1730-1740 - SOLD
Material: Northeastern white pine, brass drop pulls, rosehead nails
Condition: Very good…historic surface displaying gray-blue paint over several previous
layers of paint. The surface displays wear and losses, the last layer of paint is 19th
century.
Additional Information: A bookshelf with applied molding surmounts the case
containing three rows of four graduated drawers above a long drawer on projecting
molded base. The sides of case continue to tall, shaped base resting on ogee-cutout
feet.
Eighteenth-century doctors earned income not only dispensing advice and services,
but of equal importance selling drugs and herbs. The professions of apothecary and
doctor did not separate until the early 1800s. This case of drawers facilitated storage
within the doctor’s office.
Two-part case featuring an outstanding overhanging cornice molding over a pair of
double recessed-panel-doors within beaded opening; lower case with conforming single
panel doors within similarly beaded opening. The canted sides are molded as is the
base. Top case contains three equidistant shelves…double-incised plate grooves;
middle shelf is pierced for cutlery; lowercase has a with a single medial shelf. Overpaint
was long-ago removed revealing the original red paint and appropriate wear patterns to
door rails and stiles. (Very good condition; H: 81”, W: 42”, D: 24.5”, corner D: 27.5”)
Found in the Portland, Maine area, features orangey-red decoration against yellow ground;
retains original “ HL” hinges; original throughout. (75.5" x 39.5" x 17.5")
A painted pine apothecary cupboard constructed in two sections; top section
features a flat molded cornice above four shelves. The upper case resting on the
lower case containing 30 graduated drawers with turned wooden pulls… the
whole raised on cutout base. The top section is painted soft gray with blue tint,
the lower half is faux grained to resemble bird's-eye and tiger maple, over the
same pigment as top case). There is some wood loss to lower-back side of upper
case which we can have expertly restored, otherwise very good, commensurate
with age and use.
(Height: 67.5"; width: 81"; depth: 10.25")
Soft woods, finely grained, small size
Presented in an original and excellent surface, a remarkable example of Pennsylvania style graining.
A small one-part grain-painted corner cupboard, robust crown-molding and dental molding above nine-light glazed door in white paint opening to a shelved white-painted interior over a double-raised-panel door. The whole raised on a molded and applied
bracket-base joined by valanced apron. The cupboard remains in original paint; cleaned and restored by Peter Dean; some very
minor scattered touch-up performed by Peter.
Restoration report is available.
In good condition with added turned knobs and a Victorian cast iron latch; one backboard replaced; cupboard was intended to sits on floor with no base.
Dimensions: 68.75" H, 41.75" W, 18.5" D.
(Very good condition, displays generations of use and desirable wear; right proper side never overpainted in blue displays original red paint
(Likely used tight to wall, painted in-place; a rural furniture lover’s dream; H: 79”, W: 48.25”, base D: 20”, bottom shelf D: 13”, top shelf D: 11”)
Bold and crisp molding over paneled doors opening to white painted interior; the sides joined by two shelves continuing to half-round cutout-base. (Superb and original surface, overall excellent condition; lower shelves moved, one possibly an early replacement or cabinetmaker mistake; H: 68.5", W: 36.5", D: 14")
As depicted, a flat wall cupboard; the picture-frame molding centering four recessed panel doors that open to reveal five interior shelves. Sides are also molded. Great color and surface quality; original hardware and turned wood door-pulls. Paint on left side thinning; we had one small ear of stile freshened with all else original and fine. (Height: 80"; width: 40.75"; depth: 18".)
The simple case raised on cutout feet features a pair of paneled doors within beaded molding that open to reveal three fixed shelves.
Dimensions: 60.5" high, 38" wide, 19" deep.
The scalloped gallery above the case which is of mortis and tenon construction and features flat panels; two short drawers above a pair of conforming paneled doors...the whole raised on a molded base standing on turned turnip feet. This cupboard remains in excellent original condition with left proper side base molding restored; left proper rear foot extended and brasses are period replacements.
Dimensions: 51.5" high, 43.25" wide, 19" deep.
Hard pine with strong traces of old red paint revealed by the removal of later over-paint; scalloped ornamentation is authentic and unaltered; the door is a very old "working-period" replacement; some height loss otherwise very good.
(H: 78"; W: 45"; D: 17.25")
This outstanding cupboard is similar to one in old brown paint over original reddish-brown that is displayed in the Hardenbergh parlor at Winterthur. Historic Deerfield owns two cupboards of this type that feature shaped fielded raised panels on the fronts, one of which is repainted, the other refinished with replaced feet. Dean Fales noted that the two cupboards at Deerfield are a "local type made in or near Deerfield; (and) While these cupboards do not have known histories, a similar painted one at Winterthur was owned by Osmund and Winifred Skinner of Shelburne, a town just west of Deerfield on the Mohawk Trail. Another related cupboard was found just North of Greenfield in Bernardston." Philip Zea affirmed the locality of Deerfield as the origin for these cupboards and acknowledged the use of relatively thick boards of hard pine in their construction. It is interesting to note that this same hard pine is used for the tops and as secondary wood in Hadley chests produced in the same region.
For the cupboard at Winterthur:
Advertisement for Louis M. Ream, Esq. in the Magazine Antiques, January 1928, page 3, and Jay Cantor, Winterthur (New York, 1985), page 175.
For the cupboards at Deerfield:
Article on Historic Deerfield in The Magazine Antiques, September 1956, page 232, Helen Comstock, American Furniture (New York, 1962), figure 190; Dean A. Fales, Jr., The Furniture of Historic Deerfield (New York, 1976), page 252, figures 493 and 494.
For related published examples:
Wallace Nutting, Furniture Treasury (New York, 1928) figures 497 and 505.
Height 77", Width 45", Depth 17 3/4".
The case with cornice features a pair of molded recessed-panel-doors set within beaded opening; interior with four shelves. Beautiful dry red surface; dimensions: 36" H, 37.25" W, 13.5" D.
As depicted, a desirable provincial aesthetic...the open-top with two shelves resting on cleats affixed with clinched nails...the exposed original ship-lapped backboards in natural color have great patina. Lower case with a pair of simple board-doors hung on butt hinges. This one piece cupboard remains in a high state of originality. (Height: 73.75"; top section height: 40.75"; width: 50.75"; depth: 17.75".)
The outstanding cyma-recta crown molding above the case with boldly beaded-corners; door with three beaded interior cleats hangs from period "H" hinges affixed by rose-head nails. It appears that the hinges were refreshed long ago during the cupboards early period of use; door opens to reveal three shelves and original red paint; terrific tool marks. This cupboard is designed to be installed with proper right side against wall. (H: 74 1/8"; W: 32"; D: 19 1/8".)
A one-piece cupboard featuring paneled doors hung from original hinges; brass hardware appears to be original. The cupboard was long ago cleaned revealing original surface history; green paint. The interior with early 19th century thinning mustard paint over green. It appears that the cupboard may have lost a small molding at top with all else generally excellent. (Height: 81"; width: 65.5"; base depth: 18.75"; top depth: 9.5".)
The rectangular pine case with molded front corners is raised on cutout feet and features applied molding above the removable two-board door with nicely molded edges and double tapered interior inset tapered battens. The door hangs on original iron pintle hinges that retain leather washers; iron slide-bolt latch appears to be original. The surface has character, early 19th century green paint over original red paint with great patina. The tongue-and-groove backboards are affixed with rose-head nails. The case is raised on cutout feet, the side profile slightly arched; the rear feet show more wear than front. It appears that a horizontal base molding is missing and the cupboard shows wear from use otherwise fine.
(H: 61"; W: 33"; D: 17.5".)
175-48 - SOLD
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