$28,175
The "KW" Carved Oak and Pine Hadley Chest over Two Drawers, Hadley, Massachusetts, late 17th/early 18th century, with scroll and foliate designs, reeded stiles continuing to turned legs, old refinish, (restoration), ht. 44 1/4, wd. 41, dp. 15 3/4 in. Literature: This chest is illustrated and described in Clair Franklin Luther, The Hadley Chest , Hartford, Connecticut, 1935, p. 116, as No. 90. In the entry, Luther writes that this chest is "one of a limited number having square posts turned at the bottom." the molded surrounds for the panels painted black at a later date, the top is a replacement, section of backboard an early replacement, board added to bottom where no boards had been.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-08-12
