Southern blanket chests continue to capture collectors

A Stirewalt School, Shenandoah Valley of Virginia paint-decorated yellow pine and poplar child’s blanket chest stomped its $20,000-$30,000 estimate when it reached $45,000 plus the buyer’s premium in September 2023. Image courtesy of Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates and LiveAuctioneers.

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A Stirewalt School, Shenandoah Valley of Virginia paint-decorated yellow pine and poplar child’s blanket chest stomped its $20,000-$30,000 estimate when it reached $45,000 plus the buyer’s premium in September 2023. Image courtesy of Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates and LiveAuctioneers.
A Stirewalt School, Shenandoah Valley of Virginia paint-decorated yellow pine and poplar child’s blanket chest stomped its $20,000-$30,000 estimate when it reached $45,000 plus the buyer’s premium in September 2023. Image courtesy of Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates and LiveAuctioneers.

NEW YORK — Antique American furniture is invariably regional. Picture a New England Hitchcock chair or a Philadelphia pie crust table; these forms are instantly recognizable, yet were replicated during the centuries as they spread to other regions. The Southern blanket chest is a sublime take on a form that proliferated in Europe and the United States, and is still eagerly collected today.

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