RARE PILGRIM CENTURY MASSACHUSETTS CARVED OAK PALM-PANEL CHEST, ATTRIBUTED TO THE SAVELL SHOP, BRAINTREE.

RARE PILGRIM CENTURY MASSACHUSETTS CARVED OAK PALM-PANEL CHEST, ATTRIBUTED TO THE SAVELL SHOP, BRAINTREE. Third quarter 17th century. The rectangular thumbmolded lid of two-board construction, mounted to the conforming case with iron pin hinges, opening to the interior fitted with lidded till. The case with six carved lunettes on the top rail above four recessed carved palm panels above the long drawer carved with seven foliate rosettes and four smaller pinwheel rosettes in ‘endless band rosette’ design, the case ends of ‘three-panel’ construction. The whole constructed of quartersawn oak. The case with single chamfered backboard. Literature: 1) For a nearly identical example, see Furniture Treasury by Wallace Nutting, fig. 12, illustrating a chest in the Wadsworth Atheneum Collection, Hartford, Connecticut. 2) Furniture of the Pilgrim Century by Wallace Nutting, p. 10, illustrating a ‘palm-panel’ chest in his personal collection. 3) Peter Follansbee and John D. Alexander, “Seventeenth-Century Joinery from Braintree, Massachusetts: The Savell Shop Tradition” in American Furniture (Milwaukee, WI: Chipstone Foundation, 1996) ed. Luke Beckerdite, pp. 81-104. SIZE: 33-3/4″ h. x 54-1/2″ w. x 21-1/2″ d. PROVENANCE: From a fine home in Bucksport, Maine. CONDITION: This chest has been refinished and restored with little or no structural alterations beyond the following: a 1-inch wide spliced section in the top lid to repair old seam split, replaced drawer guides, and missing lock hasp. The lock remains, hinges original; backboards original with original rosehead nails; stiles original; drawer and drawer bottoms original, with rosehead nails. Oak handles appear original, all panels appear original. There is some water staining on lid. 9-93161 (6,000-9,000)

Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - Samoset 2008

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	2344	$33,925.00	RARE PILGRIM CENTURY MASSACHUSETTS CARVED OAK PALM-PANEL CHEST, ATTRIBUTED TO THE SAVELL SHOP, BRAINTREE. Third quarter 17th century. The rectangular thumbmolded lid of two-board construction, mounted to the conforming case with iron pin hinges, opening to the interior fitted with lidded till. The case with six carved lunettes on the top rail above four recessed carved palm panels above the long drawer carved with seven foliate rosettes and four smaller pinwheel rosettes in ‘endless band rosette’ design, the case ends of ‘three-panel’ construction. The whole constructed of quartersawn oak. The case with single chamfered backboard. Literature: 1) For a nearly identical example, see Furniture Treasury by Wallace Nutting, fig. 12, illustrating a chest in the Wadsworth Atheneum Collection, Hartford, Connecticut. 2) Furniture of the Pilgrim Century by Wallace Nutting, p. 10, illustrating a ‘palm-panel’ chest in his personal collection. 3) Peter Follansbee and John D. Alexander, “Seventeenth-Century Joinery from Braintree, Massachusetts: The Savell Shop Tradition” in American Furniture (Milwaukee, WI: Chipstone Foundation, 1996) ed. Luke Beckerdite, pp. 81-104. SIZE: 33-3/4″ h. x 54-1/2″ w. x 21-1/2″ d. PROVENANCE: From a fine home in Bucksport, Maine. CONDITION: This chest has been refinished and restored with little or no structural alterations beyond the following: a 1-inch wide spliced section in the top lid to repair old seam split, replaced drawer guides, and missing lock hasp. The lock remains, hinges original; backboards original with original rosehead nails; stiles original; drawer and drawer bottoms original, with rosehead nails. Oak handles appear original, all panels appear original. There is some water staining on lid. 9-93161 (6,000-9,000) Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - Samoset 2008 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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