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Mid Century Modern Wormy Chestnut 7 Drawers Compact Dresser Credenza MINT
Mid Century Modern Wormy Chestnut 7 Drawers Compact Dresser Credenza MINT

Mid Century Modern Wormy Chestnut 7 Drawers Compact Dresser Credenza MINT

By Founders Furniture Company, John Stuart, Johnson Furniture Company

Located in Rockaway, NJ

Light American Walnut Mid Century Modern Wormy Chestnut 7 Drawers Compact Dresser Credenza MINT

Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Credenzas

Materials

Chestnut

Signed Mid-Century Modern American Abstract Oil Painting Wormy Chestnut Frame
Signed Mid-Century Modern American Abstract Oil Painting Wormy Chestnut Frame

Signed Mid-Century Modern American Abstract Oil Painting Wormy Chestnut Frame

Located in Swedesboro, NJ

Signed MID CENTURY MODERN AMERICAN ABSTRACT OIL PAINTING Wormy Chestnut Frame Colorful and

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Phoenix
Phoenix

Bill ReilyPhoenix, 1964

Price Upon Request

H 30 in W 40 in

Phoenix

By Bill Reily

Located in Dallas, TX

Signed "Reily" at lower right Frame is wormy chestnut with a casein liner, and measures 33 1/4 x

Category

1960s American Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Nude
Nude

Earl StrohNude, circa 1955

$2,400

H 19.25 in W 11.75 in

Nude

By Earl Stroh

Located in Dallas, TX

wormy chestnut frame with gold leaf. The outer frame dimensions are 28 7/8 x 21 7/8 inches.

Category

1950s Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Etching

"Dancer at Rest, " Large Painting of Half-Nude Male Ballet Dancer, Mid Century
"Dancer at Rest, " Large Painting of Half-Nude Male Ballet Dancer, Mid Century

"Dancer at Rest, " Large Painting of Half-Nude Male Ballet Dancer, Mid Century

Located in Philadelphia, PA

, and retains its original wormy chestnut frame. (Dimensions include frame; visible painting is 23.5

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Red Tape", Early and Important Surrealist Painting by John Lear w/ Male Nudes
"Red Tape", Early and Important Surrealist Painting by John Lear w/ Male Nudes

"Red Tape", Early and Important Surrealist Painting by John Lear w/ Male Nudes

By John B. Lear

Located in Philadelphia, PA

tempera on artist's panel, and retains its original, wide and deep frame in wormy chestnut. The reverse

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

“Provincetown Harbor”
“Provincetown Harbor”

“Provincetown Harbor”

By John Cuthbert Hare

Located in Southampton, NY

Cuthbert Hare. Signed lower right. Condition is excellent. The watercolor is housed in a wormy chestnut

Category

1950s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Comes June (Surrealist Bride painting)
Comes June (Surrealist Bride painting)

Comes June (Surrealist Bride painting)

By Nura Ulreich

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

framed. Metal leaf over wormy chestnut custom frame. Excellent condition. Signed lower right. Titled on

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

“Cape Neddick Light”
“Cape Neddick Light”

“Cape Neddick Light”

By John Cuthbert Hare

Located in Southampton, NY

a wormy chestnut period frame with a grey/white wash. Overall framed measurements are 21 by 22.75

Category

1950s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Provincetown Beach Landscape with Lobster Traps
Provincetown Beach Landscape with Lobster Traps

Sol WilsonProvincetown Beach Landscape with Lobster Traps, ca. 1950

$2,400Sale Price|40% Off

H 24 in W 28 in D 1 in

Provincetown Beach Landscape with Lobster Traps

By Sol Wilson

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

liner replaced recently. Wormy chestnut frame is probably original. Solomon “Sol” Wilson was born in

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

War Night (abstract expressionist painting)
War Night (abstract expressionist painting)

War Night (abstract expressionist painting)

By John Hultberg

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

, 1956. Gouache on illustration board measures an impressive 30 x 40 inches; 34 x 44 inches in a wormy

Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Mlle. Jeanne at the Window, No. II
Mlle. Jeanne at the Window, No. II

Mlle. Jeanne at the Window, No. II

By Benjamin G. Benno

Located in Fairlawn, OH

, wormy chestnut frame Provenance: Estate of the artist Ruth O'Hara, O'Hara Gallery

Category

1930s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Untitled (Abstract Expressionist Painting)
Untitled (Abstract Expressionist Painting)

Bertha DavisUntitled (Abstract Expressionist Painting), ca. 1960s

$975Sale Price|35% Off

H 28 in W 24 in D 1 in

Untitled (Abstract Expressionist Painting)

By Bertha Davis

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

; 24 x 28 inches framed. Signed lower left. Artist estate stamp on verso. Vintage custom wormy

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Horses Leaving the Barn
Horses Leaving the Barn

Horses Leaving the Barn

By Adolf Dehn

Located in Fairlawn, OH

wormy chestnut frame with OP3 Acrylic. Most probably from the AAA Dehn watercolor exhibition of 1940

Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

“Rushing Forest Stream”
“Rushing Forest Stream”

“Rushing Forest Stream”

Located in Southampton, NY

very good. Under glass. The artwork is housed in its original wormy bleached chestnut frame. Overall

Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

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Mid-Century Modern Limed Wormy Chestnut Frame
Mid-Century Modern Limed Wormy Chestnut Frame

Mid-Century Modern Limed Wormy Chestnut Frame

Located in New York, NY

Mid-Century wormy chestnut frame Overall dimensions: 13 1/4 x 12 inches Rabbet dimensions: 9 x

Category

Vintage 1950s American Picture Frames

Mid-Century Modernist Wormy Chestnut Gilt and Paint Decorated Picture Frame
Mid-Century Modernist Wormy Chestnut Gilt and Paint Decorated Picture Frame

Mid-Century Modernist Wormy Chestnut Gilt and Paint Decorated Picture Frame

Located in New York, NY

Charming small frame with a sophisticated surface and original patina. Exterior dimensions: 10 5/8 x 12 3/8 inches Rabbet dimensions: 6 3/8 x 8 1/8 inches Moulding width: 2 1/2 i...

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames

Materials

Wood

Mid 20th Century Large Wormy Chestnut Modernist Style Picture Frame 36 x 24
Mid 20th Century Large Wormy Chestnut Modernist Style Picture Frame 36 x 24

Mid 20th Century Large Wormy Chestnut Modernist Style Picture Frame 36 x 24

Located in Atlanta, GA

A beautiful and vintage mid 20th century circa 1960's American Mid Century Modern style picture frame. The rabbet size (size that holds the art) is 36.25" wide by 24.25" high with th...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames

Materials

Burlap, Wood

American 1940’s WPA Surrealist Style Landscape French Female Artist Cecile Belle
American 1940’s WPA Surrealist Style Landscape French Female Artist Cecile Belle

American 1940’s WPA Surrealist Style Landscape French Female Artist Cecile Belle

Located in Atlanta, GA

signed in the lower right corner. Housed and presented in a period 1940’s wormy chestnut frame designed

Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Italian Wormy Chestnut Hanging Vitrine
Italian Wormy Chestnut Hanging Vitrine

Italian Wormy Chestnut Hanging Vitrine

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H 38.5 in W 9.25 in D 4.75 in

Italian Wormy Chestnut Hanging Vitrine

Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL

This is an Italian mellow wormy chestnut hanging vitrine with arched bottom and top with brass urn

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Shelves and Wall Cabinets

Materials

Glass, Wood

Wrought Iron Rope and Tassel Form Side Table
Wrought Iron Rope and Tassel Form Side Table

Wrought Iron Rope and Tassel Form Side Table

Located in Kilmarnock, VA

the base, the top is a wormy chestnut that has been ebonized and cerused with gold leaf and then

Category

Vintage 1930s Italian Side Tables

Materials

Iron, Gold Leaf

“Still Life with Horse”
“Still Life with Horse”

“Still Life with Horse”

Located in Southampton, NY

lower right. Condition is very good; no restorations. Original wormy chestnut period frame 20 by 24

Category

1950s Post-Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

House of Heydenryk Chestnut Frame - Marsden Hartley Style
House of Heydenryk Chestnut Frame - Marsden Hartley Style

House of Heydenryk Chestnut Frame - Marsden Hartley Style

Located in North Clarendon, VT

Beautiful Marsden Hartley style Heydenryk wormy chestnut modernist frame. 25" x 20" outside and

Category

1940s Modern More Art

Materials

Wood

Mid-Century Signed T.B. Salter Still Life Oil Painting Wood Gilt Frame
Mid-Century Signed T.B. Salter Still Life Oil Painting Wood Gilt Frame

Mid-Century Signed T.B. Salter Still Life Oil Painting Wood Gilt Frame

Located in Haddonfield, NJ

condition, with possible losses at the upper right. The carved wormy chestnut frame has a gilded liner, and

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood, Masonite, Paint

"Sporting Chat"
"Sporting Chat"

Alexander Austen"Sporting Chat", Circa 1910

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H 16 in W 24 in D 0.75 in

"Sporting Chat"

By Alexander Austen

Located in Southampton, NY

painting has it original wormy chestnut frame. The frame is in excellent condition as well. Overall

Category

Early 1900s Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"The Toast"
"The Toast"

Alexander Austen"The Toast", Circa 1910

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H 16 in W 24 in D 0.75 in

"The Toast"

By Alexander Austen

Located in Southampton, NY

maintains it's original frame of wormy chestnut. Frame in excellent condition as well. Overall

Category

Early 1900s Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

“Clown with Flute”
“Clown with Flute”

“Clown with Flute”

By Senen Ubiña

Located in Southampton, NY

painting is housed in its original wormy chestnut frame. Overall framed measurements are 43.5 by 27.5

Category

1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By John Hultberg

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

illustration board measures an impressive 30 x 40 inches; 34 x 44 inches in a wormy chestnut wood frame

Category

1950s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"Woman in Pink"
"Woman in Pink"

Moses Soyer"Woman in Pink", Circa 1950

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H 22 in W 12 in D 1 in

"Woman in Pink"

By Moses Soyer

Located in Southampton, NY

, Moses Soyer. Signed lower right. Circa 1950. In its original wormy chestnut frame. Overall size 29 by

Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

“The Queen”
“The Queen”

“The Queen”

By Harry Sternberg

Located in Southampton, NY

is excellent. Original frame made of wormy chestnut. Overall framed measurements are 25.5 by 14.5

Category

1960s Post-Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

“The King”
“The King”

“The King”

By Harry Sternberg

Located in Southampton, NY

. Condition is excellent. Original frame made of wormy chestnut. Overall framed measurements are 25.5 by 14.5

Category

1960s Post-Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

1950s Mid-Century Modern Wormy Chestnut & Gilded Steel Doors / Mirrors / Art -2
1950s Mid-Century Modern Wormy Chestnut & Gilded Steel Doors / Mirrors / Art -2

1950s Mid-Century Modern Wormy Chestnut & Gilded Steel Doors / Mirrors / Art -2

Located in Kennesaw, GA

….unused. Wormy chestnut is a rare wood too. It has been extinct since the 80s. I think these would make

Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Cut Steel

Mid-century Modern Abstract Expressionist Painting
Mid-century Modern Abstract Expressionist Painting

Mid-century Modern Abstract Expressionist Painting

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

period wormy chestnut frame. Oil on illustration board. Signed "Eberle" twice bottom center and bottom

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Cubist nude figure study
Cubist nude figure study

Cubist nude figure study, 1956

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H 33.38 in W 15.63 in

Cubist nude figure study

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

right. Measures 15 5/8 x 33 3/8 inches in original wormy chestnut frame. Peridot Frames of Madison Ave

Category

Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Pencil

Bert England Appalachian Oak and Carrara Marble Console Cabinet
Bert England Appalachian Oak and Carrara Marble Console Cabinet

Bert England Appalachian Oak and Carrara Marble Console Cabinet

By Bert England, Drexel

Located in Chicago, IL

resemble wormy chestnut. Restored condition. Carrara marble-top has light cream hues and taupe veining.

Category

Vintage 1960s American Console Tables

Materials

Marble, Brass

Large Seascape Oil Painting
Large Seascape Oil Painting

Large Seascape Oil Painting

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H 47 in W 41.5 in D 3 in

Large Seascape Oil Painting

By Earle N. Scherm

Located in Rochester, NY

. Reflections in a rocky shoal. Signed and dated 1957. In the original wormy chestnut modernist frame. Scherm

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

“Homeward Bound”
“Homeward Bound”

“Homeward Bound”

Located in Southampton, NY

heading home after sleighing. The painting is in its original wormy chestnut wood frame in fine condition

Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman with Cat
Woman with Cat

Johnny FriedlaenderWoman with Cat, ca. 1960

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H 32 in W 24 in D 0.75 in

Woman with Cat

By Johnny Friedlaender

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

x 23 inches; 24 x 32 inches framed. Edition of 50. Signed and numbered lower margins. Original wormy

Category

Mid-20th Century Cubist Animal Prints

Materials

Etching

“New England”
“New England”

Joel W. Reichard“New England”, Circa 1960

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H 14.25 in W 21.25 in D 1 in

“New England”

Located in Southampton, NY

lower right. Circa 1960. Condition: Good. Framed in original wormy chestnut frame 21 by 23 inches

Category

1960s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

“Fishing Shack, Maine”
“Fishing Shack, Maine”

“Fishing Shack, Maine”

Located in Southampton, NY

. Signed lower right. Circa 1960. Condition: Good. Framed in original wormy chestnut frame 21 by 23

Category

1960s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Downtown Manhattan, New York City Skyline
Downtown Manhattan, New York City Skyline

Downtown Manhattan, New York City Skyline

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

20 inches in original vintage wormy chestnut wood frame. Signed upper right. Excellent condition

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting
Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting

Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting

By Peter Busa

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

damage or conservation. Period wormy chestnut wood frame. Peter Busa 1914-1985 Education: Carnegie

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pair of Yale Burge Wormy Chestnut Highback Chairs
Pair of Yale Burge Wormy Chestnut Highback Chairs

Pair of Yale Burge Wormy Chestnut Highback Chairs

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H 52.75 in W 18.75 in D 25 in

Pair of Yale Burge Wormy Chestnut Highback Chairs

Located in North Miami, FL

slats are solid wormy chestnut, with its characteristically pock-marked surface adding another layer of

Category

Vintage 1970s American Chairs

Materials

Iron

1970's Wormy Chestnut Modern Dining Table
1970's Wormy Chestnut Modern Dining Table

1970's Wormy Chestnut Modern Dining Table

By Edward Wormley

Located in Richmond, VA

A richly grained parson's style chestnut, walnut and brass dining table in the style of Edward

Category

20th Century American Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Brass

Mid Century American Modernist Two Tone Wormy Chestnut Picture Frame 20 x 16
Mid Century American Modernist Two Tone Wormy Chestnut Picture Frame 20 x 16

Mid Century American Modernist Two Tone Wormy Chestnut Picture Frame 20 x 16

Located in Atlanta, GA

A beautiful and vintage mid 20th century circa 1940's American wormy chestnut Modernist style

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames

Materials

Wood

Antique Wormy Chestnut French Cabinet
Antique Wormy Chestnut French Cabinet

Antique Wormy Chestnut French Cabinet

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H 51 in W 46 in D 23.5 in

Antique Wormy Chestnut French Cabinet

Located in Houston, TX

Carved chestnut cabinet has block-panel doors with a curved top panel over which has fluting and

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Cabinets

Materials

Chestnut

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Wormy Chestnut For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the wormy chestnut you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. There are many modern, abstract and Surrealist versions of these works for sale. Making the right choice when shopping for a wormy chestnut may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 20th Century. On 1stDibs, the right wormy chestnut is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes brown, beige and gray. There have been many interesting wormy chestnut examples over the years, but those made by Harry Sternberg, Benjamin G. Benno, Adolf Dehn, Virginia Dehn and Nura Ulreich are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and masonite.

How Much is a Wormy Chestnut?

The average selling price for a wormy chestnut we offer is $3,625, while they’re typically $1,800 on the low end and $15,000 for the highest priced.