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A Painted and Carved Union County Pennsylvania Chest
Catalog#: Spring 2008
Category: Furniture - American
SubType: Chest
Origin: PA
Era: 17th Century
Height: 10.75 inches inches
Width: 23.25 inches inches
Depth: 13 inches inches
A Painted and Carved Union County Pennsylvania Chest

Pine, circa 1820-30. The chest is decorated with carved and polychrome pinwheel motifs and urns with foliage.

It has unique architectural elements and an exuberantly shaped base. 23.25 in. wide, 10.75 in. high, 13 in. deep

Provenance: Ex. collection of Ruth and James O. Keene, Birmingham, Michigan

Exhibited: "American Folk Arts," The Detroit Institute of Arts, March 1-26, 1960

"The Keene Eye," The Museum of American Folk Art, New York, 1970s






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