Lot 12
  • 12

A Very Fine Queen Anne Carved and Figured Walnut Dressing Table, atributed to Joseph Claypoole or George Claypoole, Sr., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1735

Estimate
20,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • walnut
  • Height 30 1/4 in. by Width 34 in. by Depth 21 in.
Table inscribed "My father gave me this table which had stood in his Mother's / room. / it must be over 100 yr's old. / Lydia C. Middleton, Jr. / Woodside 1876"

Provenance

Israel Sack, Inc., New York

Literature

American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, Vol.8, (Washington: Highland House Publishers Inc., 1983), p. 2241, P5702;
Andrew Brunk, "The Claypoole Family Joiners of Philadelphia: their Legacy and the Context of Their Work," editor Luke Beckerdite, American  Furniture 2002, (Milwaukee, WI: Chipstone Foundation, 2002), pp. 164-5, fig. 21.

Condition

Secondary wood is poplar
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