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miniature grain painted blanket chest PA ca 1840
miniature grain painted blanket chest PA ca 1840
miniature grain painted blanket chest PA ca 1840
miniature grain painted blanket chest PA ca 1840
miniature grain painted blanket chest PA ca 1840

Exuberantly grain painted miniature PA blanket chest, c1840.  This perfectly proportioned little chest has vibrant graining, applied molding to the bottom front and sides, hand-dovetail construction, turned feet that are pegged into the box, and retains its original lock and key.  Even the original hinges are paint decorated!  In excellent condition.  Dimensions:  width 12.5”, depth 7.5”, height 10.25”.

early 19th c. double silhouettes of a sister and brother. Hollow-cut, watercolor, pen & ink.
early 19th c. double silhouettes of a sister and brother. Hollow-cut, watercolor, pen & ink.
early 19th c. double silhouettes of a sister and brother. Hollow-cut, watercolor, pen & ink.
early 19th c. double silhouettes of a sister and brother. Hollow-cut, watercolor, pen & ink.

Early 19th c. Double Silhouette Portraits of Charles Bodurtha (1828) and C.C. (Cornelia) Bodurtha (1826).  Hollow-cut, watercolor, and pen and ink. The young girl wears a pink dress with ruffles on the neckline and sleeves. She is facing her brother who appears to be wearing a light blue skeleton suit. The portraits are enclosed in sawtooth borders; between the children are two birds atop two hearts. Decorative pen and ink flourishes are drawn in the corners and bottom edge.  Appears to be original black painted frame. 

 

There are several other examples of this unknown artist’s work, but this is the only one that features children.  Dimensions:  sight 7.75” x 4.75”; frame 9.25” x 6.25”.

Provenance: New England Collection; Sotheby's, New York, January 21 and 22, 2000, sale no 7420, lot 458

 

Reference:  Fall 2001 Folk Art Magazine, Silhouette; Portraiture in America by Vincent DiCicco, page 40.

Other examples:  Skinner, February 9, 2006, Lot 4, Double Hollow-cut and watercolor silhouette of a lady and gentleman with cupid and hearts;  Skinner, May, 21, 2016, Lot 92. Double Hollow-cut and Watercolor Silhouette, America, 19th century, the man and woman facing each other in a paper mat with oval cutouts and decorated with two doves and hearts in the upper center, a sailing ship in lower center, in a black frame.

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