Extraordinary Glazed and Painted Pine Cupboard, possibly Middlebury, Vermont, early 19th century.

Extraordinary Glazed and Painted Pine Cupboard, possibly Middlebury, Vermont, early 19th century. The molded cornice applied to case above two joined fifteen-light cupboard doors opening onto four fixed shelves, the projecting lower half with molding applied to front and returns over joined panel doors opening onto two-shelf interior, raised on cut-out bracket feet conforming with serpentine bottom edge of skirt, the back lined with five rabbeted full-height boards, old light gray paint and original turnbuckles, (minor imperfections, mid-molding on the left and right sides replaced), 162cm wide, 40cm deep, 223cm high (64in wide, 16 5/8in deep, 88in high). Footnotes: Provenance American Furniture & Decorative Arts, Skinner Sale No. 3167B, Boston, Massachusetts (3 November 2018), Lot 287. Estate of Mrs. Jessica Stewart Swift, Stewart Lane, Middlebury, Vermont; auctioned onsite by Lapham & Dibble Gallery, Shoreham, Vermont (10 October 1982). Note Anna Jessica Stewart Swift (1871-1982) was considered 'the oldest living Vermonter' upon her death at age 110. She had lived on Stewart Lane, presently known as the Swift House Inn, since 1880. According to a letter from Lapham & Dibble Gallry dated 14 October 1982, the cupboard served as a bookcase in the Carriage House office of Swift's husband, Charles May Swift (1854-1929), who was related to a member of the Rogers Rangers, a British military force in colonial America. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing