EARLY 19^TH Century PARIS, MAINE PAINT DECORATED 4 DRAWER PINE CHEST in BOLD COLORS and PLEASING PROPORTIONS.

A MOST REMARKABLE dated 1879 FOLK ART INLAID TILT TOP AMERICAN VICTORIAN ERA CANDLE STAND. Among its PROLIFICLY INLAID VIGNETTES are its center medallion of a HORSE & RIDER. Vignettes at its faceted shaft including “PARTING” SOLDIER & WIFE; A WAR WEARY RETURNING SOLDIER and TWO GENTLEMEN GREETING BENEATH an UMBRELLA. Additional inlaid vignettes and figures that surround the central medallion of the top include: PATRIOTIC AMERICAN SYMBOLS such as LADY LIBERTY; FEDERAL SHIELD & EAGLE; AMERICAN FLAG above “1879”; BIRDS & ANIMALS; GENRE SCENES including A FARMER & WIFE; A BALLERINA; A “TOP HATTED” GENT with his WALKING STAFF; MOUNTED BOY ATOP his BURROW; BLACK CHILD and a MAN WRESTLING A BEAR. Likely crafted by a young or possibly immigrant craftsman who was obviously “strutting his stuff” in hopes of “catching the eye” of a potential customer or employer! Woods exhibited include black walnut, ebony, satinwood and maple. Top measures 20” diameter. Stand measures 27” tall. Discovered recently in a home near Bangor, Maine.