Lot 103
103
A PAINTED AND STENCILLED CHERRYWOOD AND PINE CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
PROPERTY FROM STRONG MUSEUM SOLD TO BENEFIT THE COLLECTIONS FUND
A PAINTED AND STENCILLED CHERRYWOOD AND PINE CHEST-OF-DRAWERS

SOAP HOLLOW, SOMERSET COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1873

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A PAINTED AND STENCILLED CHERRYWOOD AND PINE CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
Soap Hollow, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, dated 1873
Appears to retain its original porcelain knobs. Side of top long drawer signed "Austin Berg(?) Hillsboro(?) Somerset(?) County(?)
54½ in. high, 40 in. wide, 24 in. deep

Lot Essay

For a similar example, signed by the maker Jeremiah Stahl (1830-1907), see Garth's Art & Antiques Auction, February 26, 2005. Another comparable example is illustrated in Charles Muller, Soap Hollow, The Furniture and its Makers (Groveport, Ohio, 2002), p. 77.

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