RARE AME RI CAN FOLK ART NEW ENGLAND PRIMIT IVE A NTI QUE V INE GAR G RAIN P AINT ED, COM B DEC ORA TED D EEP VERM ILLIO N GRE EN & YEL LOW O CHRE SMAL L W OOD B OX fe aturi ng AFFI XED LE ATH ER HA NDL ES & W RO UGHT IRON L OOPE D PI N LID HING E with E AR LY WA LLP APER LINE D INTE RIOR. [Found untouched & covered with dust and silt in an early southern New Hampshire post and beam center chimney cape with attached barn]. Early to mid 19th century Ame ri can antique New England primitive vinegar grain painted wooden furniture & decorative wooden accessories. 17 3/4″ Length x 11 3/4″ Height x. Without its original hinged lid but with exceptional, early corner large, hand-cut dovetailed joinery. Unfortunately, at some previous juncture, someone took a hand scraper or hand plane and removed some of the paint decoration on the dovetailed areas of both painted short sidewalls. The painted front sidewall remains largely intact but is now missing its original metal, keyed lid locking hardware. One of the handcrafted iron, looped pin hinges that would have held the lid in place at the rear is still present, as is one of the affixed side leather lifting/carrying handles. No attempt has been made to replace the lid with another or to’in-paint’ the areas of missing paint where a less-informed soul removed some of the original and now nearly 200 year-old paint decoration on its corners. The real story here though is with its vinegar grain painted exterior, with its exuberant, lovely, squiggly vertical brush strokes that resemble a mop dipped in green paint and dragged right and left down its sidewalls over an ochre background. Still with its original period paper wallpaper lining its interior and still largely intact, although with some minor to moderate staining in places. 100% original and untouched. An extraordinary, genuine, early to mid 19th century Ame ri can Folk Art artifact and example of early New England primitive painted furniture and paint decorated wooden accessories. It may not be 100% intact or perfect but it remains largely untouched and an honest, now nearly 200 year old New England primitive artifact. Almost as old as dirt. Found in southern New Hampshire. Fair to Good overall vintage condition. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Decorative Collectibles\Boxes, Jars & Tins”. The seller is “modsanctuary” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Pre-US Civil War: Affixed leather handles (one still intact)
- Size: Medium
- Wide, large dovetailed corner joinery: Wood plank floor
- Dry, matte finish: Unpainted base & rear long sidewall
- Estate fresh: New to the marketplace
- 100% ‘as-found’ orig antique condition: Not altered or remedied
- Department: Adults
- Custom Bundle: No
- Item Height: 11 3⁄4\
- Item Width: 17 3⁄4\
- Closure Type: Now with missing wooden lid
- Pattern: Abstract
- Type: Decorated, painted wooden box
- Color: Vermillion green & yellow ochre
- Item Weight: 9 lbs. 9 oz.
- Brand: Unbranded
- Time Period Manufactured: 1800-1849
- Era: Victorian (1837-1900)
- Shape: Rectangle
- Handmade: Yes
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Style: Primitive, Americana, Folk Art
- Material: Wood, leather, iron, paint
- Theme: Decorated wooden boxes
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- No repairs (old or new): No ‘in-painting’ (old or new)
- Milk paint: Gestural, kinetic mark-making
- Features: Wallpaper lined interior, painted exterior
- Subject: Early American painted wooden dec accessories
- Finish: Painted (matte, dry)
- Care Instructions: Clean with Dampen Cloth
- Room: Any Room
- Packaging: Unboxed
- 13 3⁄4\: 17 3⁄4\
- Orig period wallpaper lined interior: Vinegar-grain painted exterior
- Yellow ochre base paint: Deep vermillion green combed painted decoration
- Rare: Very scarce & very hard-to-find
- Found in southern New Hampshire: New England
