Made in New England: How you can tell . . .

Dealers select items from their inventories and describe
the features that are typical of New England.

Read the complete feature in our August 2007 Print Edition

Arthur Liverant: Two Wethersfield School High Chests of Drawers

Dealers select items from their inventories and describe the features that are typical of New England.

High chest of drawers, cherry, Southington, CT,
1770-1795.

David Wheatcroft: Windsor Chair

Windsor sack back chair, Rhode Island, probably ash, maple and pine, c. 1790. 40"h. x 23 "w. x 14 " d.

Russ and Karen Goldberger: Wood carving

Carved miniature Emperor penguin, Charles Hart (1862-1960), Gloucester, MA, c. 1930, 5-¼" tall.

Steve Powers: Burl Bowl

New England Native American ash-burl, tab-handled bowl, 1760-80, 17 3/4Ó l. x 17 1/2Ó w. x 5 3/4Ó h.

Dennis Raleigh: Diorama

Relief carved and painted diorama. Trade label on the back reads: ÒTHE FLYING FISH Created by Lloyd H. Thomas, Camden, Maine, 1941. $15Ó

Peter Eaton: Tilt-top table

Table, Massachusetts, mahogany, 1775-1790.

Stephen and Carol Huber: Sampler

Sampler from Portland, ME, by Betsey Wheelwright.

Joan Brownstein: Two Family Records

George Melville: family record of the Clay-Eaton family. Private Collection.

George Melville: family record of the Tebbets-Rawlings-White family.

Peter Eaton: Queen Anne side chair

A very fine Queen Anne side chair, maple, in old black paint over original deep red. North Shore or New Hampshire, c.1765. Original structural condition and retaining original slip seat frame.

Russ and Karen Goldberger: Wood carving

Pair of carved decorative pintail heads of drake and hen by A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952), E. Harwich, MA, c. 1930, 6” long.

Jesse Goldberg: Dining Table

“Cumberland” dining table, mahogany, Boston, c. 1810.

David Wheatcroft: Redware Loaf Dish

Redware loaf dish, slip-decorated earthenware, Smith Pottery, Norwalk, Connecticut, c. 1825. 10 ¼" l. x 14 ¼" w.

Stephen and Carol Huber: Mourning Picture

Mourning picture, c. 1805. Silk and heavy metallic thread on a silk ground with painted faces and applied velvet fabric in the foreground.

Wayne Hilt: Pewter Whale Oil Lamps

Whale oil lamps made in New England, the tallest by Freeman Porter of Westbrook, Maine, (working 1835-65).

Betsy Telford: Four-Poster Quilt

Four-poster quilt in brown/taupe wholecloth, fully glazed chintz, with homespun linen backing, c. 1840 or older, 98Ó x 109Ó including the 25Ó by 56Ó tail.

NH Historical Society: Double Dunlap

John Dunlap, 1782, Jane WalkerÕs High Chest of Drawers, maple with pine secondary. Courtesy New Hampshire Historical Society.

Donald Dunlap, 2007, High Chest of Drawers, maple with pine secondary, not yet painted. Courtesy New Hampshire Historical Society.