Lot 145: Work Counter

Maple and pine, original red painted finish with a scrubbed top, four tongue and groove board top affixed to the case with large handmade screws, over four full-length lipped drawers, dovetailed, original pulls are later replaced with half spools painted red, over two and two full-length drawers, baseboard shows Sister’s use of wet mop cleaning, sides of case are dovetailed, (Tim Rieman describes this technique in The Encyclopedia of Shaker Furniture), Tyringham, MA, c. 1830, 30″ h, 77 1/2″ w, 33 1/2″ d. 

$3,000-5,000