Catalogue for October 24th & 25th 2008
Lot 49 <previous next>
Estimated: $50000 - $80000
Realized Price: $140400
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania painted dower chest dated 1785, inscribed "Sofia Refinger", the front decorated with two green sponge hearts, each with three pinwheels on a yellow and orange sponge ground with interlacing circle border, above two drawers supported by bracket feet, 30" h., 49" w. For a similar example, see Fabian, The Pennsylvania-German Decorated Chest, fig. 227.
