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Lot 190

A Paint Decorated Poplar Blanket Chest by Jacob Werrey (1838-1893)

Lot 190

A Paint Decorated Poplar Blanket Chest by Jacob Werrey (1838-1893)

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

Estimate$10,000 – $15,000

Status

Closed

A Paint Decorated Poplar Blanket Chest by Jacob Werrey (1838-1893)

Fulton County, Ohio, Dated 1885

with stenciled basket of flowers to front, initialed BR and dated.
signed in pencil on underside German Township / Fulton Co. Ohio / March 20th 1885 / Made by Jacob Werrey.
Height 28 x width 48 x depth 23 inches.

Of the known Werrey chests painted in this style, this is generally acknowledged to be the best preserved, retaining most of original vibrant paint.

Exhibited: A Tradition of Progress: Ohio Decorative Arts 1860-1945. Ohio Decorative Arts Center, Lancaster, Ohio 2015.

Provenance:

Purchased from John Adams, Oakwood, Ohio.

Found at an estate auction in Archbold, Fulton County, Ohio.

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Ben Fisher

Managing Director, Furniture and Decorative Arts

[email protected]312.447.3270

Mr. Fisher rejoined the firm in 2019 after working as a specialist in the American Furniture and Folk Art department at Sotheby’s New York. His areas of expertise include 18th, 19th, and 20th century American, Continental, and English furniture, decorative and folk art. Before coming to Hindman in 2013, Mr. Fisher worked in European Furniture and Decorative Arts in Philadelphia. He began his career working for a prints dealer focusing on works from the 16th through the 20th centuries.

Leah Vogelpohl

AVP, Specialist, American Furniture, Folk, and Decorative Arts

[email protected]513.666.4960

Ms. Vogelpohl joined the firm in 2013 as a cataloger in the American and European Furniture and Decorative Arts department. She became a department specialist in 2017, focusing on American decorative arts and silver. She received a BA from the College of Charleston and an MLITT in Art History from the University of Glasgow.

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Lot 190

A Paint Decorated Poplar Blanket Chest by Jacob Werrey (1838-1893)

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

Estimate$10,000 – $15,000

Status

Closed

A Paint Decorated Poplar Blanket Chest by Jacob Werrey (1838-1893)

Fulton County, Ohio, Dated 1885

Provenance:

Purchased from John Adams, Oakwood, Ohio.

Found at an estate auction in Archbold, Fulton County, Ohio.

American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts

A Paint Decorated Poplar Blanket Chest by Jacob Werrey (1838-1893)

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A Paint Decorated Poplar Blanket Chest by Jacob Werrey (1838-1893)