$128,700
Pennsylvania painted settee, mid 19th c. , attributed to William F. Snyder, Mifflintown Chair Works, Juniata County , the crest decorated with panoramic landscape with the sun rising over rolling wooded hills, above 3 lyre splats and a scrolled seat with grapevine panels on an ivory ground supported by turned legs joined by flat leaf decorated stretchers, inscribed "A.B. Hart" on underside, 36" h., 74 1/4" w. For a nearly identical form and stencil decoration, see Musser Country Chairs of Central Pennsylvania , pg. 47, additional information, pgs. 37 & 38, and Fales & Bishop, American Painted Furniture 1660-1880 , fig. 479. Provenance: Joe Kindig, Jr. & Son Antiques.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2007-04-21
