FINE AND RARE YELLOW COMB-DECORATED AND PAINTED PINE 'TREE OF LIFE' BLANKET CHEST, NEW ENGLAND, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

FINE AND RARE YELLOW COMB-DECORATED AND PAINTED PINE 'TREE OF LIFE' BLANKET CHEST, NEW ENGLAND, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

The six-board chest having a rectangular top with canted edge and rabbet joinery: the rectangular hinged top opening to an interior fitted with a till above a conforming case, the case sides ending in boot-jack feet; the chest painted all over in yellow faux-wood grain with a stylized flowering tree motif on the front and the lid embellished with a stylized weeping willow.
Height 22 ½ in. by Width 45 in. by Depth 15 ¼ in.

Condition Report:
In overall very fine condition. Wear, minor discoloration, and losses consistent with age and use. One of the tenants from the till lid is lost.

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Provenance:
Christie's New York, The John Gordon Collection of Folk Americana, January 15, 1999, sale 9052, lot 330;

Stephen Score, Boston, Massachusetts.