VERY FINE PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA / VIRGINIA PAINT-DECORATED POPLAR BLANKET CHEST, an outstanding example, the hinged rectangular lid with molded profile and applied beaded moldings to underside over a dovetailed case, raised on an applied cut-out bracket-foot base. Retaining original iron hinges and red-and-black paint-decorated surface featuring a six-petal rosette/pinwheel flanked by a pair of stylized sun-like devices within circular reserves, and additional geometric motifs, including crescent moons, the ends and portions of lid and feet with red-and-black combed/streaked decoration. Circa 1830. 25" H, 44 3/4" W, 18 1/2" D.
Published: Advertiement for Greg K. Kramer, The Catalog of Antiques & Fine Art, Holiday, 2002, p. 67.
Literature: See Lucas - "Paint-Decorated Furniture of North Carolina", American Furniture, 2009, pp. 116-127 for a number of chests decorated in the "Fancy" manner.
Catalogue Note: The present paint-decorated blanket chest, discovered in the Piedmont region along the Virginia-North Carolina border, resembles similarly decorated chests attributed to a group of predominantly Germanic settlements in central North Carolina. In keeping with the standard Germanic tradition, the present chest exhibits a tripartite decorative scheme consisting of various geometric motifs arranged in a balanced format for the front panel and an overall muscular approach to construction, including oversized stock and exposed joinery.
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Very good overall condition with minor to moderate surface wear, heavier to lid and feet. Applied beaded molding to underside of proper right lid profile restored. Rear portion of like molding (approximately 8") restored on proper left end of lid profile. Lacking lock. Proper right hinge slightly loose.