Lot 19: Cupboard over Drawers

Estimate: $30,000 – $40,000
Sold: $47,200

Pine, original cherry red painted finish, turned cherry wood drawer pulls, inset panel doors, with quarter round molded surrounds, six graduated dovetailed drawers with molded lips, exceptionally shallow top drawer, Watervliet, NY, c. 1825-1840, 6′ 3 1/2″ h, 4′ w, 19 1/2″ d.

Note:
Purchased by Dr. McCue from A.H. Benning, January 1976; (Benning cataloged the exhibit at the Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, November 2, 1973 – April 7, 1974)

Illustrated:
The Book of Shaker Furniture, Kassay, John, 1980, p. 44
Shaker Design, Sprigg, June, 1986, p. 28
The Complete Book of Shaker Furniture, Rieman, T. and Burks, J., 1993, p. 154

Exhibited:
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, May 29 – August 31, 1986
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., October 4, 1986 – January 4, 1987