AFA Autumn 2021

Autumn 10 www.afamag.com | w ww.incollect.com CONTRIBUTORS Curt DiCamillo, Curator, Special Collections, American Ancestors / New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), Boston, Mass. Page 68. Lisa Minardi, Executive Director, Historic Trappe, Trappe, Penn. Page 90. James F. O’Gorman, The Grace Slack McNeil Professor Emeritus of the History of American Art at Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass. Page 48. Robert McCracken Peck, Curator, Art and Artifacts and Senior Fellow, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, Penn. Page 80. Gerald W. R. Ward, Katharine Lane Weems Senior Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture Emeritus, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Mass. Page 68. David F. Wood, Curator, Concord Museum, Concord, Mass. Page 60. advertising and customer service 9 Fowle Street, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801, USA 617.926.0004 / 888.922.0004 publisher and founder: consulting editor: editor-at-large emeritus: creative director: production director: associate editor: senior account managers: account managers: color director: production supervisor: production assistant: it manager: controller: John S. Smiroldo Johanna McBrien Jonathan L. Fairbanks Phil Lajoie Marianne Litty Lauren Byrne Joan Shafnacker, Robin Spagnuolo Christina Garzillo, Peter Hannan Rick Marcouillier Curtis Harding Michael Pfister Steve Bendel Thayse Soares TO SUBSCRIBE Call 800.783.4903 4 issues $15 (US) 8 issues $25 (US) Add $10 per year for Canadian and $40 per year for foreign subscriptions. www.AFAmag.com   www.Incollect.com tillouantiques.com . Litchfield, CT . 860-567-9693 MATCHING QUEEN ANNE BONNET-TOP HIGH CHEST AND DRESSING TABLE Rare Matching Queen Anne Bonnet-Top High Chest and Dressing Table with Matching Carved Shells Connecticut River Valley, ca. 1765. Cherry, white pine secondary. Both retain their original cast pierced brass and bail handles, central finial and drop pendants. The varnish finish of both cases has mellowed to a warm patina. Among a very few known surviving sets, this Connecticut Bonnet-Top High Chest and Dressing Table have features that make them stand alone, notably the carving of the fans, the applied molding that conforms to the carved drawer of the high chest, and the stepped-in waist molding. Both pieces have survived in a wonderful state of preservation. Provenance: Descended through a prominent New England Family. High Chest Dimensions: 84½" h, 38" w lower case, 34½" w upper case 36¾" d. Dressing Table: 32¼" h, 30" w case 36½" x 20¾" top