- 846
WILLIAM AND MARY MAPLE AND PINE DRESSING TABLE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1715
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
- wood
- Height 31 in. by Width 34 in. by Depth 20 3/4 in.
Proper right front foot replaced.
Provenance
Pook and Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvania, May 17, 2003, lot 270;
Jonathan Trace, Rifton, New York.
Jonathan Trace, Rifton, New York.
Condition
Tenon and proper right front foot replaced, cross stretchers with three wooden braces glued beneath, once with a 19th century coat of japanned paint, subsequently removed, current surface is modern. see Pook & Pook auction catalog for image of table with 19th century japanning.
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
A related dressing with nearly identical legs and stretcher is at Bayou Bend Museum (see David B. Warren, et al., American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection [Princeton: Princeton University Press for Museum of Fine Arts,Houston, 1998], p. 15, no. F28). A high chest at the Museum Fine Arts, Boston has identical legs (see Richard H. Randall, Jr., American Furniture in the Museum Fine Arts Boston [Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1965], p. 62, no. 50) as does a another dressing table the Wadsworth Atheneum (acc. no. 1926.504).