POSSIBLY CONNECTICUT, CIRCA 1780-1800

Details

A FEDERAL CARVED CHERRYWOOD POLESCREEN
Possibly Connecticut, Circa 1780-1800
The urn-shaped finial is an old replacement; the underside of shelf inscribed in ink Pollie Pomeroy Starr 1781
60½ in. high, 13¾ in. wide, 18 in. deep

Provenance

Polly Pomeroy (1761-1825), Middletown, Connecticut
Susan Starr (1782-1825), daughter
Henry Carrington (1814-1872), son
Mary Starr Carrington (b.1845), daughter
Mary Dunbar Holbrook (1868-1903), daughter
Thence by descent
John H. Bereman, by purchase, circa 1960
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Lowder, Columbus, Ohio

Exhibited

Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, American Art of the Colonies and Early Republic: Furniture, Paintings and Silver from the Private Collections in the Chicago Area, July 17-September 13, 1971.

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Lot Essay

The underside of the shelf has an ink inscription and date of 1781, which corresponds to the year in which Polly Pomeroy (1761-1823) married Nathan Starr (1755-1821). Stylistically, however, this polescreen was likely made at least ten years after that date.

For related examples, see Charles F. Montgomery, American Furniture, The Federal Period (New York, 1966), pp. 246-248, cat. nos. 202-205.

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