The Seaver Family Queen Anne Figured Maple Chest on Frame, Gilbert Hatheway (b. 1745/6), Freetown, Massachusetts, Circa 1775
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January 19, 09:11 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Seaver Family Queen Anne Figured Maple Chest on Frame
Gilbert Hatheway (b. 1745/6)
Freetown, Massachusetts
Circa 1775
Chalk inscription Gilbert Hathaway on interior drawer.
Height 65 1/4 in. by Width 38 1/2 in. by Depth 19 3/4 in.
Seaver family, Taunton, Massachusetts;
Philip Bradley & Co., Downingtown, Pennsylvania.
Philip Bradley & Co., Downingtown, Pennsylvania.
Maine Antiques Digest, October 1997, p. 13-C;
Brock Jobe, Gary R. Sullivan, and Jack O'Brien, Harbor & Home: Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1710-1850, (Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England, 2009), pp. 8 and 10, fig. 1.10
Brock Jobe, Gary R. Sullivan, and Jack O'Brien, Harbor & Home: Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1710-1850, (Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England, 2009), pp. 8 and 10, fig. 1.10
This chest on frame is a very important document to the transfer of design from urban Rhode Island city and its interpretation by regional rural craftsmen. Hathaway's design follows many of the trait used by Newport cabinetmakers but diverges in his design of the frame's legs which have broader knees and thinner feet at found on known Newport pieces.
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