| 73.
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Work table, poplar and pine, natural finish, three-board top, pegged
skirt, tapered and turned legs, Union Village, OH, c. 1850, 28 3/4" h, 60 1/4"
w, 35 1/2" d. |
| 74.
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Set of four measures, graduated, oak and pine, original finish, stenciled
in an oval "Shaker Society, Sealed, Sabbathday Lake, Me.", c. 1860, 7 3/4"
h, 14 1/2" dia; 6 1/2" h, 11 1/4" dia; 5 1/4" h, 9 1/2" dia;
4" h, 7 1/2" dia. |
| 75. |
Three spools: maple and cherry, one in original red wash, 3/4" h; a
double spool, 1 3/4" h; and a tiger maple spool with red thread, 3/4" h. |
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| 76.
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Sewing chest, butternut, pine secondary wood, original finish, figured
fruitwood hinged lid opening to two interior sections, two highly figured butternut
drawers on either side with small brass pulls, inset maple escutcheon, dovetailed case,
New Lebanon, NY, 9 1/2" h, 15 1/2" w. |
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| 77. |
Sewing implements: horsehair brush, maple, double spool with awl, crewel
embroidered pincushion, maple darning ball (found in sewing chest - Lot 76). |
| 78. |
Brush, maple, chrome yellow paint, white horsehair bristles (found in
sewing chest - Lot 76), 4 1/2" l. |
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| 79. |
Sewing box and case: poplarware box, octagonal lidded case with green silk
ties, stamped on bottom "From the Shakers, Enfield, NH", 6 3/4" l; circular
woven palm leaf sewing case, with pink silk lined interior, strawberry emery, beeswax,
pincushion and spools, cord for tying around waist. |
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| 80. |
Cupboard over
drawers over cupboard, pine, traces of original red, varnish finish, inset paneled door,
cast iron escutcheon, original key, three-shelf interior, over four graduated drawers,
over single door cupboard, New Lebanon, NY, c. 1830-40, 7' h, 33 1/2" w, 9 1/4"
d. |
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