Sold for:
$3,690
$3,690
Shaker Red-painted Hanging Shelf, 19th century, the rectangular shelf above seven open compartments joining shaped bracket ends, old surface, overall ht. 18, lg. 83 3/4, dp. 10 1/4 in. Literature: Religion in Wood: A Book of Shaker Furniture , by Edward Deming Andrews and Faith Andrews (Bloomington, Indiana, and London: Indiana University Press, 1966), plate 90; The Magazine Antiques , May 1979. In the May 1979 issue of The Magazine Antiques it is reported that this set of shelves was used in a Shaker carpenter's shop.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-06-15
