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| HIGHLY IMPORTANT AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAPLE AND TIGER MAPLE CHEST |
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HIG109368141 |
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Furniture |
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Commodes/Chests |
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USA |
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1769-1789 |
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Please contact us for pricing info. |
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Excellent |
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35� H x 41�� W x 22�� D |
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Roberto Freitas American Antiques & Decorative Arts |
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156 Water Street |
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Stonington, CT 06378 |
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USA |
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A HIGHLY IMPORTANT AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAPLE AND TIGER MAPLE CHEST
Mid-to-late 18th century
Attributed to John Cogswell, (w. 1769-1789)
Salem or Boston, Massachusetts.
The reverse serpentine front top with molded edge over a conforming case with four graduated drawers with cockbeaded stiles; the skirt centered with a pendant fan, on bracketed ball and claw feet; in nearly pristine original state, attractive color.
Virtually every element of the framing on the present chest is closely analogous with examples from master cabinetmaker John Cogswell (1738-1818) of Boston. Ada Young in 1965 published three secretaries with reliable attributions to Cogswell (on the basis of a cognate secretary bearing his name and the date 1799), all three of which have desk components sharing every characteristic with this chest: all are of tiger maple, and all have similar serpentine fronts, base molding, scroll brackets, and ball-and-claw feet.
35� H x 41�� W x 22�� D.
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