Lot 247
  • 247

A Very Fine and Rare Federal Inlaid and Figured Mahogany Work Table, Oliver Parsell, New Brunswick, New Jersey, circa 1805

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • height 28 ¾ in. by width 19 in. by depth 14 ½ in.(73cm by 48.3cm by 36.8cm)
Appears to retain its original hardware; retains label in top drawer reading OLIVER PARSELL, / CABINET MAKER, / CHURCH STREET, / NEW BRUNSWICK.

Provenance

John Walton Inc., New York
Israel Sack, Inc., New York

Literature

William Ketchum, Jr., American Cabinetmakers: Marked American Furniture, 1640-1940, (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1995), pp. 256-7;
Laura Beach, "A Tale of Two Cities on Philadelphia's Maine Line," Antiques and Fine Art, 6 (Spring 2006), no. 6. p. 146.

Condition

Secondary wood is yellow poplar; the top has been reset
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