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Lot Essay
The mellow surface and exquisite figure of the mahogany elevate the presently offered dressing table to a remarkably handsome example of Philadelphia Chippendale cabinetmaking. Simple and elegant, the table is modestly adorned with stately quarter columns, flat scrolling skirt with scalloped pendant, and webbed ball-and-claw feet.
A similar walnut lowboy was constructed in 1774 by Philadelphia cabinetmaker David Evans for Cedar Grove resident Beulah Paschall (Hornor, Philadelphia Furniture {Washington, 1977}, p.126, Pl.184). Although related in the use of quarter-columns and the shape of the skirt, the Evans example has a wider and lower central drawer. Another similar dressing table, belonging to Samuel Coates of Philadelphia, sold at Sotheby's New York, January 18, 1998, lot 1715. The Coates chest with similarly figured walnut, differs from the present example in the abscence of a pendant in the skirt.
A similar walnut lowboy was constructed in 1774 by Philadelphia cabinetmaker David Evans for Cedar Grove resident Beulah Paschall (Hornor, Philadelphia Furniture {Washington, 1977}, p.126, Pl.184). Although related in the use of quarter-columns and the shape of the skirt, the Evans example has a wider and lower central drawer. Another similar dressing table, belonging to Samuel Coates of Philadelphia, sold at Sotheby's New York, January 18, 1998, lot 1715. The Coates chest with similarly figured walnut, differs from the present example in the abscence of a pendant in the skirt.