QUEEN ANNE PERIOD BLANKET CHEST, CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY, PROBABLY MASSACHUSETTS, WITH BLACK DECORATION ON A RED GROUND THAT INCLUDES TWO WHIMSICAL FACES, ca 1740-1760

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QUEEN ANNE PERIOD BLANKET CHEST, CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY, PROBABLY MASSACHUSETTS, WITH BLACK DECORATION ON A RED GROUND THAT INCLUDES TWO WHIMSICAL FACES, ca 1740-1760


Dimensions (inches):	32.25" h x 43.25" l x 19.5" d
Description:
This very early, painted American blanket chest has decoration that, while subtle, places it among the most unusual that I have ever encountered in 35 years as a dealer and longer as a collector. Made circa 1740-1760, in a country, Queen Anne style, the dry, red paint is adorned with a sparse array of wide, black brush strokes. In the top center of the front panel and in the center of the single drawer are whimsical faces. Rendered by the same hand, this is something I have never seen on an early chest, American or otherwise. A reasonable guess is that this was expressly made for the room of a child, or perhaps two children. Small in stature, the attractive tombstone scalloping results in exceptional, wide, batwing feet. The early surface is exceptional. The simple, bail pull hardware is brass, with oval back plates. There is a typical, till-style glove box on the interior. The construction is entirely of cut nails, most of which are roseheads, hammered into t-head form. The drawer is joined with an abnormally large number of small nails, in long rows. Made entirely of white pine, there is a two-board back with horizontally-oriented, 15-inch planks. Those used on the sides and top are 18 and 18.75 inches, respectively. Provenance: Ex-Grace & Elliott Snyder. Picked from a house in Middleburgh, New York roughly 35 years ago by the late Richard (Smitty) Axtell. Condition: There is a sizable chip on the back, right-side foot. Small chips on the outside of the other 3feet have been repaired. There were probably snipe hinges originally. The small, cast iron hinges appear to be a replacement. Some of the wood around them was expertly repaired/replaced, without affecting the painted surface.



Primary Color:	red, black

Earliest Date:	1740

Latest Date:	1760

For Sale Status:	Available

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QUEEN ANNE PERIOD BLANKET CHEST, CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY, PROBABLY MASSACHUSETTS, WITH BLACK DECORATION ON A RED GROUND THAT INCLUDES TWO WHIMSICAL FACES, ca 1740-1760

QUEEN ANNE PERIOD BLANKET CHEST, CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY, PROBABLY MASSACHUSETTS, WITH BLACK DECORATION ON A RED GROUND THAT INCLUDES TWO WHIMSICAL FACES, ca 1740-1760

QUEEN ANNE PERIOD BLANKET CHEST, CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY, PROBABLY MASSACHUSETTS, WITH BLACK DECORATION ON A RED GROUND THAT INCLUDES TWO WHIMSICAL FACES, ca 1740-1760

QUEEN ANNE PERIOD BLANKET CHEST, CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY, PROBABLY MASSACHUSETTS, WITH BLACK DECORATION ON A RED GROUND THAT INCLUDES TWO WHIMSICAL FACES, ca 1740-1760

QUEEN ANNE PERIOD BLANKET CHEST, CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY, PROBABLY MASSACHUSETTS, WITH BLACK DECORATION ON A RED GROUND THAT INCLUDES TWO WHIMSICAL FACES, ca 1740-1760

QUEEN ANNE PERIOD BLANKET CHEST, CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY, PROBABLY MASSACHUSETTS, WITH BLACK DECORATION ON A RED GROUND THAT INCLUDES TWO WHIMSICAL FACES, ca 1740-1760