PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1800-1820

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A FEDERAL INLAID FIGURED MAPLE AND MAHOGANY DRESSING TABLE
PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1800-1820
retains a rich brown color and old dry surface; inside of backboard branded twice I.S. BOWLES
38 ¼ in. high, 35 7/8 in. wide, 17 ½ in. deep

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Lot Essay

The brand on this table may refer to its ownership by Samuel Bowles (1770-1840), a cooper by trade. He resided in a house on Daniel Street in 1800 and in 1839 was living on Ladd Street. A portable desk with Bowles' brand is located in the collection of the Strawbery Banke Museum (see Brock Jobe, Portsmouth Furniture (Hanover, New Hampshire, 1993), p. 427).

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