The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Pfaffenroth: American Furniture, Silver and Decorative Arts
The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Pfaffenroth: American Furniture, Silver and Decorative Arts
No reserve
Auction Closed
January 19, 09:11 PM GMT
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
Very Fine and Rare Diminutive Queen Anne Walnut Drop-Leaf Table
Massachusetts
Circa 1770
Height 22 1/2 in. by Width 10 1/4 in. by Depth 29 in.
A very closely related table is in the collection of Historic New England and is illustrated in Brock Jobe, Portsmouth Furniture: Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast, (Boston, MA: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1993), pp. 240-2, no. 54. Another related table with Hancock family history was sold at Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, The Lansdell K. Christie Collection of Notable American Furniture, October 21, 1972, sale 3422, lot 43.