Property from a Westchester, New York Collection
The Phippen Family Federal Fire Screen, Attributed to Samuel Phippen (ca. 1744–1798), Salem, Massachusetts, Circa 1785
Auction Closed
January 20, 04:11 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Inlaid and figured mahogany
Height 63 in. by Width 12 in. by Depth 18 in.
Purportedly from the Phippen family of Salem, Massachusetts;
Ginsburg and Levy, Inc., New York.
Ginsburg and Levy, Inc. advertisement, Magazine Antiques, vol. 63, no. 3, March 1953, p. 171;
Ginsburg and Levy, Inc. advertisement, Magazine Antiques, vol. 77, no. 5, May 1960, p. 428;
Ginsburg and Levy, Inc. advertisement, Magazine Antiques, vol. 101, no. 4, April 1972, p. 599.
Very closely related firescreen, also attributed to Samuel Phippen, is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. no. 1977.425)
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