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Autumn 18 www.afamag.com |  www.incollect.com contributors publisher and founder : editor - in - chief : editor - at - large : production director : creative director : marketing / communications : associate editor : director , new business development : advertising coordinator : senior account manager : dealer relations : account manager : color director : production supervisor : production assistant : is manager : controller : John S. Smiroldo Johanna McBrien Jonathan L. Fairbanks Marianne Litty Phil Lajoie Jared Jones Lauren Byrne A.J. Rossi Jason Kenyon Roger Good Elsa McLaughlin Lauri Hugentobler Rick Marcouillier Curtis Harding Michael Pfister Steve Bendel Thayse Soares To Subscribe Call 800.783.4903 4 issues $19.95 (US) 8 issues $29.95 (US) Add $10 per year for Canadian and $40 per year for foreign subscriptions. www.AFAmag.com   www.InCollect.com advertising and customer service 9 Fowle Street, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801, USA 617.926.0004 / 888.922.0004 RECUMBENT RAM : Carved limestone, probably Ohio, late 19 th , early 20 th century. 8”h x 17 1 /4 ”w x 3 1/ 2 ”d. PAINT DECORATED DOWER CHEST : Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Inscribed: Markreda Conradin, 1806. Poplar, polychrome paint; pine secondary. Restoration to the front right foot and back right foot facing. Black paint restored on the feet, otherwise all other paint decoration is in excellent condition. Original hardware. The chest is highlighted with three tomb-stone panels with white ground colors and polychrome paint depicting tulips, hex design six pointed stars and stamped rosettes on the front panel. The central panel is inscribed: Markreda Conradin 1806 . Similar chests made by this hand are illustrated in M. Fabian’s book, The Pennsylvania German Dower Chest . 23 1 /2 ”h x 51”w x 24”d. tillouantiques.com . Litchfield, CT . 860-567-9693 Nancy Carlisle , Senior curator of collections, Historic New England, Boston, Mass. Page 116 . Deborah M . Child , Independent scholar, New Hampshire. Page 110 . Linda Eaton , The John L. and Marjorie P. McGraw Director of Collections, Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, Winterthur, Del. Page 126. Daniel Finamore , The Russell W. Knight Curator of Maritime Art and History, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass. Page 94 . Colette Loll , Founder and President, Art Fraud Insights, Washington, D.C. Page 126 . Perri Lee Roberts , Professor of Art History, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Page 86. George Schwartz , Curatorial Scholar, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass. Page 94 . Philip D. Zimmerman , Museum and Decorative Arts Consultant, Lancaster, Pa. Page 102 .