A chest-on-chest in the Americana sale at Christie’s last week, seen here, has a single shell-carved drawer in the top tier that is a bit of a twist on the common practice of having the grasses on the sides of the shell carved separately and applied to the face of the drawer. On this drawer, … Continue reading More From New York
Woodworking
The Potts Family High Chest
The two previous posts illustrated images of the restored elements of Potts family high chest. Below are two images of original carving on the lower rail, legs, corner columns, and the shell drawer (the applied grasses on the drawer are Jesse Bair restorations). Soon after the the high chest was purchased by the Schorsch's in … Continue reading The Potts Family High Chest
Images
The images in the last post were not enlarging to full size when you clicked on them. Here are the full size images that will open in a new window.
Jesse Bair at Sotheby’s
A high chest that sold at auction in New York this week is perhaps Jesse Bair’s masterpiece of restoration carving. The base of the high chest was first illustrated in 1935. The grasses appliqué on the carved shell drawer were missing then. The upper case was not illustrated at that time with the base as … Continue reading Jesse Bair at Sotheby’s
Season’s Greetings
From Anachronistic Productions
In Proportion to the Trouble 