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Hand Painted Drop Leaf Serving Table by Peter Hunt Provincetown RI Folk Artist

About the Item

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)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • 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
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