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Lot 138

Sale 6332 - American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Apr 29, 2025 10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$5,000 - 8,000
Price Realized
$7,680
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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A Chippendale Fret-Carved Mahogany Chest-On-Chest
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Circa 1760-1780

in two parts, the upper section with broken arch pediment with carved rosettes and lattice-carved spandrels, with three carved urn and flame finials, over molding with dentil carving, the case with blind fretwork, over three short drawers above two short drawers above three graduated long drawers, the lower section with waist molding over three graduated long drawers, on molded base with pronounced ogee feet; the top-most center drawer inscribed in pencil to underside, "Formerly belonged to Mr. Jas. Steel/ Walnut St. 3.../ who bought it at Sale 4th Walnut St. -- of an old Quaker family/ Bought by Walter G. Hougland Owensboro, KY. from/ Hearst Collection at Louisville 1940."

Height 98 1/2 x width 44 1/4 x depth 23 1/2 inches.

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