The Kauffman Family Very Rare Chippendale Sulfur-Inlaid Walnut Blanket Chest, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Dated 1765
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January 23, 10:36 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 4,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Very Rare Chippendale Sulfur-Inlaid Walnut Blanket Chest
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Dated 1765
Appears to retain its original surface. Front inscribed M 17 65 K. Feet replaced.
Height 26 in. by Width 52 in. by Depth 25 in.
Richard Flanders Smith, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Monroe H. Fabian, The Pennsylvania-German Decorated Chest, (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2004), p. 112, no. 57;
Clarke Hess, Mennonite Arts, (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2002), pp. 34-5, figs 46 and 47;
Lisa Minardi, "Sulfur Inlay in Pennsylvania German Furniture: New Discoveries," American Furniture 2015, ed. Luke Beckerdite, (Milwaukee, WI: Chipstone Foundation, 2015), p. 109-10, fig. 47 and 48.
Clarke Hess, Mennonite Arts, (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2002), pp. 34-5, figs 46 and 47;
Lisa Minardi, "Sulfur Inlay in Pennsylvania German Furniture: New Discoveries," American Furniture 2015, ed. Luke Beckerdite, (Milwaukee, WI: Chipstone Foundation, 2015), p. 109-10, fig. 47 and 48.
The original owner of the chest has been identified by Lisa Minardi as Michael Kauffman (1745–1816), youngest child of John Kauffman (ca. 1700–1759) and Anna Bamberger, whose farm lay adjacent to the Landisville Mennonite Meetinghouse in East Hempfield Township (see fig. 25). The year after he received the chest, Michael Kauffman married Veronica Berg (1746–1813), daughter of Mennonite émigré Andrew Berg. Michael inherited a 220-acre plantation at the age of twelve; he became a farmer and also a physician. For additional information see Lisa Minardi, "Sulfur Inlay in Pennsylvania German Furniture: New Discoveries," American Furniture 2015, ed. Luke Beckerdite, (Milwaukee, WI: Chipstone Foundation, 2015), pp. 109-10, fig. 47 and 48.
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