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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 4339039, member: 5066&quot;]A Spitler chest is going on the sale block in 2 weeks, I&#039;ll be interested to see how that goes. The Spitler family settled in the Shenandoah Valley VA in the 18th century, they were Swiss/German Mennonites who were fleeing religious strife in Europe.</p><p>A farmer by trade, Spitler supplemented his income by building &amp; paint decorating various furniture forms, mostly blanket/dower chests. He was a gifted painter and although many of his works have a modern art type quality to the decoration, this chest is more of a traditional germanic design. Birds &amp; tulips are featured but, he DID slip in an inverted (upside-down) heart, perhaps a preview of what was to become a signature of his work. Painting traditional designs in a very unconventional way.</p><p>Estimate is 80k-120k</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357987[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]357988[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357989[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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