$4,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
The Pennsylvania Sale featuring The Hedgerow Theatre Collection
Auction: October 28, 2020 10:00:00 AM EDT
Provenance: Descended in the Peale/Sellers/Colton family of Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr. Known to have been part of the furnishings of "Longmeadow," the Bryn Mawr home of investor Sabin Woolworth Colton, Jr. (1847-1925) and his wife Jesse Sellers Colton (1855-1932), a granddaughter of Sophonisba Angusciola Peale (1781-1834), who married Coleman Sellers in 1805, and great-granddaughter of Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827). The chests were inherited by the Colton's daughter, Mildred Colton Etsy (1883-1977), thence to a descendant who sold the pair to the present owner.