Lot Essay
For a closely related example, see Kemble Widmer and Joyce King, In Plain Sight: Discovering the Furniture of Nathaniel Gould (London, 2014), pp. 128-9, no. 6.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF GLENN AND PATRICIA RANDALL, CLARENDON COURT, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY BLOCK-FRONT AND SLANT-FRONT DESK
ATTRIBUTED TO NATHANIEL GOULD (1734–1781), SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1770-1781
Details
A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY BLOCK-FRONT AND SLANT-FRONT DESK
ATTRIBUTED TO NATHANIEL GOULD (1734–1781), SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1770-1781
the underside of one desk drawer inscribed Stephen Brown and Esther Brown / Desk bought in Salem Mass / when living in Danvers about 1811; other desk drawers inscribed with six additional references; appears to retain original hardware
42 ¾ in. high, 45 in. wide, 23 ¼ in. deep
ATTRIBUTED TO NATHANIEL GOULD (1734–1781), SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1770-1781
the underside of one desk drawer inscribed Stephen Brown and Esther Brown / Desk bought in Salem Mass / when living in Danvers about 1811; other desk drawers inscribed with six additional references; appears to retain original hardware
42 ¾ in. high, 45 in. wide, 23 ¼ in. deep
Provenance
Mr. Stephen and Mrs. Esther Brown, Danvers, Massachusetts, circa 1811
Israel Sack Inc., New York, 1950
Stephen S. Pichetto, New York
Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York
Jill and Mickey Baten, New York
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 15 August 2015, lot 505
Israel Sack Inc., New York, 1950
Stephen S. Pichetto, New York
Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York
Jill and Mickey Baten, New York
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 15 August 2015, lot 505
Literature
Albert Sack, The New Fine Points of Furniture: Early American (New York, 1950), p. 150 (lowermost image only).
Antiques and the Arts Weekly (September 2, 2015).
Antiques and the Arts Weekly (September 2, 2015).
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