拍品 1509
  • 1509

RARE SHAKER PINE AND MAPLE MEETING HOUSE TRESTLE TABLE, WATERVLIET, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1830 |

估價
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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描述

  • Height 28 1/2 in. by Length 108 in. by Depth 35 1/4 in.

來源

Celeste and Edward Koster Antiques, Chatham, New York.

Condition

Overall fine condition. Wear and discoloration commensurate with age and use. Few minor losses to the edges of the feet and the top. The top is made of two long boards. There is an old 3" x 52" old patch that is likely from when it was made. There are old vacant screw holes and wear to the underside consistent with previously having been mounted with drawers and drawer rails. IMPORTANT NOTICE: THIS LOT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING OR COLLECTION AT 1334 YORK AVENUE AFTER FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 AT 5PM. THIS LOT WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION AT CROZIER FINE ART, ONE STAR LEDGER PLAZA, IN NEWARK, NJ BEGINNING FRIDAY, JANUARY 25. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT SOTHEBYS.COM/PICKUP.
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拍品資料及來源

Measuring 9 feet in length, this trestle table follows the design of tables made at the Shaker community in Watervliet, New York. Closely related tables made in Watervliet include one of cherrywood and curly maple and another of maple and pine both illustrated in Timothy Rieman and Jean Burks, The Encyclopedia of Shaker Furniture (Atglen, PA” Schiffer Publishing, 2003): p. 231, fig. 320 and fig. 322, p. 232. The tables display the like details of a top with rounded or beveled edges and vertical uprights that are rectangular in cross section and shaped like pilasters. The latter were made with shaped bases and capitals, in order to add stability to the arched feet and cross members above. The longitudinal stretcher on the tables is dropped somewhat below the top and tenoned through the uprights and fastened with two heavy dowel pins. In 1812, the use of dining tables of this type at Watervliet was described by Thomas Brown, who was a member of the community there: “The brethren and sisters generally eat at the same time at two long tables placed in the kitchen, men at one and women at the other; during which time they sit on benches, and are all silent. They go to their meals walking in order, one directly after the other; the head of the family or Elder, takes the lead of the men, and one called Elder Sister takes the lead of the women. Several women are employed in cooking and waiting on the table – they are commonly relieved weekly by others.”1

1 Timothy Rieman and Jean Burks, The Encyclopedia of Shaker Furniture (Atglen, PA” Schiffer Publishing, 2003), p. 232.