Lot Essay
The quillwork panel is inscribed on the back in ink "Miss Mitchell" and the separate pine backing panel bears the pencil inscription "Wilson."
ANOTHER PROPERTY
AN OCCASIONAL TABLE WITH MICMAC QUILL PANEL
Details
AN OCCASIONAL TABLE WITH MICMAC QUILL PANEL
Rosewood table with three scrolled feet, vasiform pedestal supporting round top with framed circular panel under glass, the panel consisting of natural and yellow, black and blue dyed quillwork with quadripartite circular motif in the center on a black ground, on the outside a circular band with step motifs, black triangles, semicircles
28in. (71.1cm.) high
Rosewood table with three scrolled feet, vasiform pedestal supporting round top with framed circular panel under glass, the panel consisting of natural and yellow, black and blue dyed quillwork with quadripartite circular motif in the center on a black ground, on the outside a circular band with step motifs, black triangles, semicircles
28in. (71.1cm.) high
Provenance
The table was acquired from the Scottish family, Stirling, of Keir and Cawdor, a landed title traceable to 1448. It was probably bought by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell (1818-78) who altered and added to Keir House, the family seat, the family seat, considerably between 1849 and 1851.