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RARE QUEEN ANNE CHERRYWOOD DRESSING TABLE, PROBABLY SUFFIELD, CONNECTICUT, CIRCA 1745
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
- cherrywood
- Height 28 1/4 in. by Width 34 in. by Depth 20 3/4 in.
Appears to retain its original cast brass and engraved hardware.
Provenance
Jonathan Trace, Putnam Valley, New York
Condition
Secondary wood is white pine, appears to retain its original cast brass and engraved hardware, drops are replaced, refinished.
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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Related dressing tables and high chests with recovery histories in Suffield have been published in Charles S. Bissell, Antique Furniture in Suffield, Connecticut, (Hartford, CT: The Connecticut historical Society, 1956), pp. 53, 74-5, pls. 17 and 18. and John T. Kirk, Connecticut Furniture: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, (Hartford, CT: Wadsworth Atheneum, 1967), pp.46,90, nos. 77 and 156 and Thomas P. Kugelman and Alice K. Kugelman with Robert Lionetti, Connecticut Valley Furniture: Eliphalet Chapin and His Contemporaries, 1750-1800, (Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Society Museum, distributed by Unviversity Press of New England, 2005) pp. 32-3, no. 10.