A QUEEN ANNE MAPLE LINEN PRESS

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A QUEEN ANNE MAPLE LINEN PRESS
MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES, 1750-1785

In two sections: the upper with a molded over-hanging cornice above a pair of panelled doors flanked by fluted chamfered corners and opening to a shelved interior; the lower section with three graduated molded long drawers above three molded short drawers, the shaped apron with center pendant, on peaked cabriole legs with peaked and square pad feet (retains its original brasses)--75½in. high, 42¼in. wide, 17¼in. deep

來源

Henry Weil
Sold in these Rooms, January 25, 1986, lot 237 (Property of the Estate of Kathryn M. Weil)

拍品專文

The shape of the cut-out skirt and fluted chamfered corners on this linen press relate to those on a dressing table sold by Christie's January 26, 1985, lot. Another dressing table with a similarly-shaped skirt is illustrated in the Girls Scouts Loan Exhibition catalogue (New York, 1985), fig. 566