Property from the Collection of William E. and Anne H. Lewis, Columbus, Ohio
THE ALSTYNE-WILLITS FAMILY VERY FINE QUEEN ANNE CHERRYWOOD DRESSING TABLE, PROBABLY HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, CIRCA 1765
Auction Closed
January 26, 08:38 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
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THE ALSTYNE-WILLITS FAMILY VERY FINE QUEEN ANNE CHERRYWOOD DRESSING TABLE, PROBABLY HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, CIRCA 1765
appears to retain its original surface and several of its original cast brass hardware, lacking two side knee returns.
Height 34 ⅝ in. by Width 34 ¾ in. by Depth 19 ¾ in.
Isaac L. Van Alstine (Alstyne) (1844-1926) m. Louisa Kie (1864-1936), Chatham, New York, lived on Kinderhook Creek flats opposite Lindenwald;
Percy E. Willits (1881-1947) m. Ella Maria Van Alstine (1880-1928), Troy, New York;
Leonard E. Willits (1911-1987) m. Agnes E. Willits (1916-2010), Waterford, New York;
Art Feeman, Jonestown, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania;
G.W. Samaha, Milan, Ohio.
This dressing can be associated to the 'John Roberts Group' as defined by Thomas P. Kugelman and Alice K. Kugelman with Robert Lionetti in Conneticut Valley Furniture: Eliphalet Chapin and His Contemporaries, 1750-1800, (Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Society, 2005), pp. 110-15.