Property of Various Owners
A Rare Chippendale Bonnet-Top High Chest of Drawers, case attributed to William Wayne (w. 1756-1786); carving attributed to 'Nicholas Bernard' and Martin Jugiez, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1760
Lot Closed
January 25, 09:50 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description
carved and figured mahogany
height 90 in. by width 45 ¼ in. by depth 24 in.
appears to retain its original pierced cast brass hardware; outer finials and finial plinths replaced.
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C.L. Prickett Antiques, Yardley, Pennsylvania;
Property from a Private Collection, Pennsylvania;
William Wayne worked as a cabinetmaker in Philadelphia from circa 1756 to 1786 and married Sarah Gillingham, daughter of the cabinetmaker John Gillingham. His business with Robert Moore on Front Street was dissolved in 1769, the same year he took on the apprentice Stephen Maxfield, a cabinetmaker with whom he would later establish a lumber merchant partnership. Tax records indicate Wayne achieved a level of success, and his patrons included some of Philadelphia’s most prominent citizens such as Samuel Wallis, a Quaker who commissioned a substantial amount of furniture when he married Lydia Hollingsworth in 1769.
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