VERY FINE FEDERAL PAINT DECORATED AND FIGURED BIRCHWOOD SCALLOP-TOP WORK TABLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, CIRCA 1800
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January 25, 06:44 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
VERY FINE FEDERAL PAINT DECORATED AND FIGURED BIRCHWOOD SCALLOP-TOP WORK TABLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, CIRCA 1800
appears to retain its original surface and hardware.
Height 28 in. by Width 16 ⅜ in. by Depth 16 in.
Jess Pavey, Birmingham, Michigan;
Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Hansen, Grosse Pointe, Michigan;
Christie's New York, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram D. Coleman, January 16, 1998, sale 8842, lot 282;
Marguerite Riordan, Stonington, Connecticut.
While many various related New Hampshire stands survive, exceedingly few were made with a serpentine-shaped top and paint-decorated. This stand is even more remarkable for its very delicate form and survival of its original surface. For additional information on related tables see Brock Job , Portsmouth Furniture: Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast, (Hanover, NH: SPNEA, 1993), pp.269-70, nos. 66 and 66A.