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RARE AND IMPORTANT MIDDLE TENNESSEE SHERATON CHERRY DIMINUTIVE SIDEBOARD SUGAR CHEST, rectangular top with lightly chamfered edges divided into three sections, each bread-board end section is hinged and conceals a full-depth compartment, the stationary center section was original fitted with a gallery, all above a narrow center bottle-type drawer flanked by a single inset panel on either side which are held in place by glue blocks, drawer and panels with scratch beaded edges, lightly chamfered stile corners, solid ends and back, bottom set into grooves, raised on four tall well-turned legs. Inset brass escutcheons, replaced wooden knob, original drawer lock, old replaced compartment locks and one set of hinges. Tulip poplar secondary wood. Old dry crackled surface. Probably Sumner County. 1820-1830. 36" h, 42 1/2" w, 18" d
Provenance: Recently discovered in a local storage unit. Additional material found in the unit included Grant and Young family papers, as well as lots #1336 and #1337 in this auction.
Note: A sideboard sugar chest of the same form is illustrated in MESDA's {{Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts}}, Winter 1997, Volume XXIII, Number 2, p. 48, and is attributed to Robertson County which adjoins Sumner County to the west. In the MESDA article, Anne McPherson notes that a "Side Board Sugar Chest" was included in the 1825 inventory and account sales of the estate of Nashville cabinetmaker James B. Houston. The sugar chest offered here is from the same shop as lot #1336 in this auction, which is closely related to two chests (figs. 276 and 278) and a secretary (fig. 75) illustrated by Williams and Harsh in The Art and Mystery of Tennessee Furniture. Each is attributed to Sumner County or Middle Tennessee.
Very good condition, old repair to rear leg break, patch to upper stile, several other minor patches, minor surface scars.
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| Estimate | $5,000 - $8,000 |
| Starting Bid | $2,500 |
