Rare Early 19th C American Antique Primitive Vinegar Grain Pntd Hanging Wd Shelf
December 14, 2021
RARE EARLY to MID 19TH CENTURY AME RI CAN FOLK ART ANTIQUE NEW ENGLAND PRIMITIVE VINEGAR GRAIN PAINTED, featuring SGRAFFITO COMBED SURFACES, DECORATED HANGING WOODEN WALL SHELF, with WALL FASTENER HOLE on BACKPLATE & SCALLOPED FRONT TRAY FACEPLATE, with REPEATING SWAG MOTIF REALIZED with PAINT COMBS. 7 ¾” Length x 3″ back Height x 1 ½” front Height x 4″ Depth. Offered for your review and consideration is this very early New England primitive, vinegar grain painted, with a combed, repeating swag motif, early 19th century Ame ri can antique carved pine hanging wall shelf in old nut brown color and naturally aged patina. The shelf’s absolutely 100% untouched and remains as it was found in the early New Hampshire farmhouse it was originally removed from. The wooden shelf has a swagged front plate which echoes the repeating combed swag painted decorative motif. The shelf’s backplate rises in the rear with a slight cove in its middle and also features not one but two carved out fastener holes, one large and one small. This rare and now very scarce, early 19th century piece of early Ame ri can antique New England painted furniture and decorated wooden accessories, is particularly early, dating from somewhere between 1820 to 1845 and now being close to, if not, 200 years old. It has nice and tight shallow sidewalls and a wood plank bottom. Honest, authentic and 100% original. An extraordinary early Ame ri can primitive artifact. Unbastardized and as right as rain. Very Good to Excellent overall antique condition. The item “RARE EARLY 19TH C AMERICAN ANTIQUE PRIMITIVE VINEGAR GRAIN PNTD HANGING WD SHELF” is in sale since Tuesday, December 7, 2021. This item is in the category “Antiques\Primitives”. The seller is “modsanctuary” and is located in Milford, New Hampshire. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Region of Origin: US-Northeast
- Size Type/Largest Dimension: Small (Up to 14in.)
- Style: Naive, Primitive
- Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
- Maker: Unknown New England cabinetmaker
- Material: Wood
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Date of Creation: 1800-1899
- Category: Antiques
- Featured Refinements: Antique Hanging Shelf
- Vinegar-grain painted: 100% original painted surfaces
- American: Antique
- Type: Shelves
- Pre-US Civil War: Early American pntd wood furniture & accessoriesr
- American Folk Art: New England primitives
- Found in southern New Hampshire: Discovered in New England
- ‘Combed’ exterior surfaces: Repeating swag motif realized with paint combs
- Color: Brown w/embedded golds
- Estate fresh: New to the marketplace
- Signed: Unsigned