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Offered by ROBERTO FREITAS AMERICAN ANTIQUES & DECORATIVE ARTS
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Description
THE STILES FAMILY RARE BONNET TOP CHEST ON CHEST
Woodbury, Connecticut, 1770-1780.
The bonnet top with flame finials centering a central drawer with deeply carved shell, dovetailed drawers flanked by reeded pilasters, the lower case with two long drawers over a scalloped skirt set on cabriole legs with ball and claw feet, cherry with poplar, pine and butternut secondary, 94-1/2 x 42-1/2 x 22 in.
A very closely related chest on chest, also with a history of descent in the Stiles family, is in the collections of Colonial Williamsburg. According to family tradition, the chest was made by Elijah Booth (1745-1823) as a wedding present for his daughter. It descended in the Stiles family of Southbury until recent times, and was acquired by the Museum in 1972.
Provenance: Descended in the Stiles family of Woodbury, Connecticut, through Benjamin Stiles to his granddaughter Alice, to her cousins' son, a descendant of Abel Stiles, in 1920. Purchased at the Winter Associates auction of the Stiles Burpee home in Southbury in 1992; The Ann and Joel Finn Collection. -
More Information
Origin: United States, Connecticut Period: 18th Century Materials: Primary: cherry Secondary: yellow poplar, white pine and butternut Condition: Good. Excellent condition; appears to retain original brasses, finials and surface. Creation Date: 1770-1780 Styles / Movements: Americana, Traditional, Chippendale Book References: Illustrated in Ann Y. Smith, "To please Any Taste, Litchfield County Furniture and Furniture Makers, 1780-1830", Litchfield Country Historical Society, Litchfield, Connecticut 2008, pg. 38, figure 5. Article References: A very closely related chest on chest, also with a history of descent in the Stiles family, is in the collections of Colonial Williamsburg: https://emuseum.history.org/objects/25412/high-chest-of-drawers?ctx=2f9129e4b80948d5505ef5865e62ef813154d955& Incollect Reference #: 514385 -
Dimensions
W. 42.5 in; H. 94.5 in; D. 22 in; W. 107.95 cm; H. 240.03 cm; D. 55.88 cm;
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