Property from an Important American Collection
The Very Fine Hayward Family Chippendale Block-Front Chest of Drawers, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1750
Auction Closed
January 25, 06:34 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
figured mahogany
height 30 in. by width 36 in. by depth 21 ¾ in.
appears to retain its early historic surface and its original cast brass hardware; interior top drawer with label inscribed Old Bureau, 1750 belonged to the mother of the first wife of Doctor Lemuel Hayward. The said Doctor died in Boston in 1821, having lived with his second wife Sarah Henshaw 35 years, &(?) aged 73(?) years when he died.
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Silence White (1716-1789) m. Captain John Hayward (1713-1773), Braintree, Massachusetts;
Lemuel Hayward MD (1747-1821) 1st m. Sarah Savage (1757-1781), 2nd m. Sarah "Sally" Henshaw (1768-1849), Boston, Massachusetts;
Thus by decent though the Hayward families of Milton, Massachusetts;
Israel Sack, Inc., New York.
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Israel Sack, Inc., American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, vol. 8, (Washington, DC: Highland House Publishers), p. 2345, no. P5880;
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