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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 1543627, member: 5066&quot;]Alrighty then! An interesting piece of early American furniture is up for grabs later today. The sale title describes this as a &quot;sugar chest&quot; and they could be correct but, I am not so sure, matter of fact i doubt it is a sugar chest.</p><p>First off, sugar chests are a southern form of furniture from the 19th century and this chest is clearly much earlier than that, I&#039;d guess 1680-1700.</p><p>And 2,&nbsp; sugar chests ALWAYS had a lock, sugar was an extremely valuable commodity in 19th century southern america and a lock was mandatory!</p><p>Construction is white pine &amp; maple, indicating a northern piece, it was painted originally as there are still a few &quot;squiggle&quot; lines visible on side of chest.</p><p>The front stiles are decorated with a &quot;linenfold&quot; carving/moulding and the chest seems to be all there, a remarkable survivor considering it&#039;s age.</p><p>My best guess on chest form? a &quot;chamber table&quot;, used to store ones &quot;necessaries&quot;, a very rare form of american furniture that survive from this era as only a half dozen or so are known.</p><p>As of this post i am the high bidder but, as there are 30 some bidders watching from liveauctioneers alone, i expect some VERY lively bidding action in a couple hours! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/80507008_william-and-mary-maple-and-pine-sugar-chest" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/80507008_william-and-mary-maple-and-pine-sugar-chest" rel="nofollow">https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/80507008_william-and-mary-maple-and-pine-sugar-chest</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]228406[/ATTACH]</p><p>Notice the painted Squiggle lines on left stile that still survive</p><p>[ATTACH=full]228407[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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