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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 1932838, member: 5066&quot;]Well, It&#039;s the same form exactly, a good chance built by the same shop in Hadley Mass. The moldings are a bit different between the 2 chests, the feet are turned, the painted chest is not carved, at all, it&#039;s just paint. The painting on the stiles do give an illusion of carving but that is all it is, an illusion in paint.</p><p>You are see what PAINT can do?, Completely change the piece from ho hum to spectacular!</p><p>Deerfield has several of these chest of drawers, probably why they are selling this one. Here is what they say about the form &amp; photo of one the chests they are keeping.</p><p><a href="http://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?museum=all&amp;t=objects&amp;type=all&amp;f=&amp;s=chest+of+drawers&amp;record=98" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?museum=all&amp;t=objects&amp;type=all&amp;f=&amp;s=chest+of+drawers&amp;record=98" rel="nofollow">http://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?museum=all&amp;t=objects&amp;type=all&amp;f=&amp;s=chest+of+drawers&amp;record=98</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Chest of drawers in hard pine and maple with molded-edged plain top; over four graduated drawers with early but not original brasses and chamfering all around the interior sides; plain sides with moldings; over a molded base and four turned legs. It was likely originally painted and/or decorated. According to family tradition, this chest descended in the Hawks family who attributed it to Eliezer Hawks (1655-1727) of Deerfield. This, however, is unlikely. There is a possibility that John Hawks (1643-1721), Eliezer&#039;s brother, the joiner-carpenter believed to be a maker of carved Hadley chests, made this plainer type. John lived in Deerfield from 1680 to around 1704 when his wife and daughter were killed in the 1704 raid. A family member took the chest before the auction of the belongings of Susan B. Hawks (1883-1946) in 1946. Ms. Hawks was a Sheldon descendent who last owned the Sheldon House before it was bought by Henry N. Flynt (1893-1970) in 1946. She had an antiques business in the house where she sold many locally-obtained pieces, so this chest may be in fact a family piece, or possibly one purchased from a local family. The chest ended up in a Vermont antique shop where it was bought for HD. This chest is similar to other chests made in the Deerfield area such as 0383 and 1195.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This chest has lost it&#039;s paint decoration as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]245734[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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