Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2460Location: BostonDate / Time: June 07, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
Grain-painted Pine Dome-top Trunk,Cape Cod, Massachusetts, second quarter 19th century,dovetail-constructed rectangular box with brass bail, painted in a variety of wood grains, possibly a paint decorator's model: the top simulating mahogany grain, the front curly maple, the sides bird's-eye maple and the back possibly pine, ht. 8 5/8, wd. 19, dp. 10 1/4 in.
Estimate $400-600
Minor paint wear, minor crack on left front of cover.