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Hand Painted Drop Leaf Serving Table by Peter Hunt Provincetown RI Folk Artist
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Drop leaf tea or serving cart from the shop of Peter Hunt . While this piece is not signed it is clearly the work of his shop . I purchased from the estate of a Peter Hunt collector along with a few other Hunt pieces . Drop leaves are 9 and 7/8" wide . Original caster wheels are functional but do have flat spots .
The work of Peter Hunt is best described as folk art or naive art . Born in New Jersey lived briefly in Greenwich village after WW1 . He gained recognition after moving to Provincetown in the late 1920s . The 1930s 40s and 50s saw his star rise . Popular for his art form of taking refinished furniture and embellishing it with peasant style brightly colored graphics of fruit , maidens, hearts, birds, angels and flowers . in the 1940s and 1950s his decorated, refinished furniture was featured in magazines such as Life, House Beautiful, and Mademoiselle . His shops known as peasant village were frequented by wealthy vacationers . Helena Rubinstein maybe the most prolific .
- Creator:Peter Hunt (Designer, Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 29.5 in (74.93 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)Depth: 26 in (66.04 cm)
- Style:Folk Art (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1949
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Nice example of Mr. Hunts work . Unsigned . Very minor loss to finish shown in photos .
- Seller Location:Ferndale, MI
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU848228282482
Peter Hunt
Peter Hunt was an American folk art artist, born in 1896, in East Orange, New Jersey. He gained recognition for his art in the 1940s and 1950s, when his decorated and refinished furniture was featured in magazines such as Life, House Beautiful and Mademoiselle. He would take antique pieces of furniture and paint them in his great style. He painted furniture, household items and fabrics, decorating them with colorful peasant designs, reminiscent of Pennsylvania German and French Provincial folk art.
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