DIMINUTIVE BOSTON/SEYMOUR CHEST OF DRAWERS
John/Thomas Seymour
1800-1810, all original, untouched; four drawers with original embossed brass knobs; shaped apron; 33.5"h; case 34"w; 17.5"; top 35.5"w, 18"d
Prov: Ben Perley Poore (Newburyport, MA, 1820-1887); 1938 home and collection given to SPNEA; 1948 SPNEA returns collection to Poore's great-grandson Edward Moseley (1921-2006) Newbury, Massachusetts; 2007 to Estate of E. Moseley, Northeast Auctions; to the present
Old jelly label on backboard: Edward S. Mosel? from / ?...Hill/ 1938
Indian Hill Farm in Newbury was the Poore family home, later the home of Moseley, Poore was a major 19th c. collector and pioneer of preservation of American antiquities incl. items from Mt. Vernon and the White House. Indian Hill was destroyed by fire in 1959.
This chest was authenticated by Robert Mussey, The Masterworks of John and Thomas Seymour. The angle cut of drawer slides at the back of the drawer bottoms is a signature of the Seymour workshop.
Minor vertical age splits in apron.
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000
Realized: $18,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 77 : DIMINUTIVE BOSTON/SEYMOUR CHEST OF DRAWERS
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