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AN IMPORTANT FEDERAL INLAID AND FIGURED MAHOGANY SERPENTINE-FRONT SIDEBOARD, MAJOR BENJAMIN FROTHINGHAM, JR. (1734-1809), CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1805
Description
- mahogany
- height 37 3/4 in.; width 59 1/4 in.; depth 25 3/8 in.
- 95.9 cm; 150.5 cm; 64.5 cm
Provenance
Israel Sack, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Private Collection
Israel Sack, Inc., New York, May 1987
Exhibited
Literature
American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, One Hundred Important American Antiques: Colonial and Early Federal Furniture, Silver and Porcelains, Jan. 9, 1932, sale 3940, lot 53;
Mabel Muson Swan, "Furniture Makers of Charlestown," The Magazine Antiques, 46:4 (October 1944) 203 illus.
Mabel Muson Swan, “Major Benjamin Frothingham,” The Magazine Antiques 62:5 (November 1952) 395 illus.;
Richard H. Randall, Jr., “Benjamin Frothingham,” in Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Boston Furniture of the Eighteenth Century: A Conference Held by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 11 and 12 May 1972, (Boston, Massachusetts: The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, distributed by the University Press of Virginia, 1974), pp. 244-5, fig. 172;
Sotheby's New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Folk Paintings, and Chinese Export Porcelain, October 25, 1986, sale 5500, lot 237A sold for $82,500;
Deanne Levison and Harold Sack, "Identifying regionalism in sideboards: A study of documented taper-leg examples," The Magazine Antiques 141:5 (May 1992), 823-4, pl. V
Condition
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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