Details
A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY DRESSING TABLE
PHILADELPHIA, 1760-1780
The rectangular overhanging top with canted corners above a conforming case with canted fluted columns, the case fitted with one long drawer over three short drawers the center drawer embellished with a carved shell with stop-fluted lobes and star punchwork flanked by carved acanthus leaves above a shaped skirt with central carved shell, on cabriole legs decorated with carved flowerette and acanthus leaves and with ball-and-claw feet (appears to retain original hardware)--30 1/2in. high, 34in. wide, 20 1/2in. deep
PHILADELPHIA, 1760-1780
The rectangular overhanging top with canted corners above a conforming case with canted fluted columns, the case fitted with one long drawer over three short drawers the center drawer embellished with a carved shell with stop-fluted lobes and star punchwork flanked by carved acanthus leaves above a shaped skirt with central carved shell, on cabriole legs decorated with carved flowerette and acanthus leaves and with ball-and-claw feet (appears to retain original hardware)--30 1/2in. high, 34in. wide, 20 1/2in. deep
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wanton Smith
Present Owner
Present Owner
Literature
William MacPherson Horner, Jr., Blue Book: Philadelphia Furniture, (Washington, D.C., 1935, rpt. 1977), Pl. 185.